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Day 348

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

More of the Anticrepuscular Rays.  Look closely: it had started to fade a bit, but it had gained some extra color. (Click to enlarge; BACK to return.) (A five vertical photo panorama) (Wallpaper taken from the photo above!) An extra bonus: there is a total lunar eclipse on the night of the 20th/morning of the […]

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Day 347

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Coming home on Tuesday presented me with an interesting atmospheric phenomenon:  Anticrepuscular Rays.  The beams of sunlight you see during a sunset (and sunrise, too, I presume) are Crepuscular Rays.  Anticrepuscular rays are the same sunbeams of light, on the opposite side of the horizon from the sunset.  Despite the apparent fanning effect, they are […]

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Day 324: Five Studies On A Photo

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

These are all the same photo, which looks pretty much like the first one. (1/500, f5.6, 85mm, ISO 200, -1/2 stop) 100% crop. Panorama from one photo. Change of subject. *** ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>  

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Day 289:Early in the morning…

Friday, October 22, 2010

Morning on the North Rim. (Three photos stitched together in MS ICE) (1/45, f22, 120mm, ISO 320, -2 stops) (1/350, f22, 90mm, ISO 320, -1 stop) (1/180, f22, 115mm, ISO 320, -1 stop) First rays of sun on the pines… (1/250, f11, 240mm, ISO 320, -1 stop) Meanwhile back down in the Canyon… (1/350, f8, […]

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Day 288: A few more shots in the dark…

Friday, October 22, 2010

I let it get good and dark before walking back to the Lodge from Bright Angel Point.  These are about the same photo, the second with flash.  I lightened the top one a little! (1/6, f4, 21mm, ISO 1600) (1/6, f4, 21mm, ISO 1600, on camera flash) (1/2, f4, 17mm, ISO 1600) This is cropped […]

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Day 287

Friday, October 22, 2010

Moonlight (and Jupiter!) becomes you… (1/8, f8, 39mm, ISO 800) ~Curtis on the North Rim! {!-{>

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Day 285

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

(1/250, f8, 300mm, ISO 500) ~Curtis on the North Rim! {!-{>

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Day 284

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

(1/125, f8, 260mm, ISO 500, -2 stops) ~Curtis on the North Rim! {!-{>

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Day 283: Moonrise!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

(1/90, f5.6, 260mm, ISO 320) (1/180, f5.6, 240mm, ISO 320, -1 stop) (1/125, f4.5 225mm, ISO 320, -1.5 stop) (1/60, f8 190mm, ISO 320, -1.5 stop) ~Curtis on the North Rim! {!-{>

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A Tale of Space!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The true story of a boy, his dad, a weather balloon and a (video) trip into Space! The Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/science/space/12weather.html?_r=1&ref=science The Video: http://www.brooklynspaceprogram.org/BSP/Space_Balloon.html ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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