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Day 355: The Winter Solstice

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

A rare and always amazing occurrence last night:  a full lunar eclipse >>on<< the winter solstice.  the last one was 435 years ago according to the last I read on it…and no one has bothered to determine when the next one is yet! It starts. (1/3000, f8, 260mm, ISO 800, 11:35 MST) About half way. […]

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Day 354

Monday, December 20, 2010

Back in September, when it was sunny and >>warm<< down by the river… (1/3000, f5.6, 117mm, ISO 250, -1/2 stop) (Don’t forget the eclipse of the Moon tonight!) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 353

Monday, December 20, 2010

In September out of Hamilton: an interesting planter! (Nikon Coolpix L11) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 352: Still on the road, part 2…

Thursday, December 16, 2010

“And there’s fire on the mountain, lightnin’ in the air Gold in them hills and it’s waitin’ for me there” Marshall Tucker Band Publisher Spirit Music Company (BMI) (Nikon Coolpix L11 at 67mph, nearing East Helena) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 351: Still on the road, part 1…

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Lots of shiny knobs to play with if the drive gets boring… (Nikon Coolpix L11) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 350

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Another overnight…to Bozeman, this time.  This is north of Three Forks about 10 miles.  It looks cold up there… (1/4000, f8, 120mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop, cropped from a single photo) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 349

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Looking back towards the sunset. (A four photo panorama!) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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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 346

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

I had to make a quick overnight to Kalispell on Monday.  At least the Front Range was clear.  Otherwise, there was a lot of rain. This is a five photo panorama stitched together in MS ICE. (Click to enlarge; BACK to return.) (Another five photo panorama!) (A four photo panorama!) (Wallpaper from the panorama above!) […]

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