My spouse and I were privileged to observe the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024. The story began three days earlier: In the above photo the Moon has barely risen above the crest of the Wasatch Mountains in Millcreek, Utah. Mt. Olympus, far right and Triangle Peak, center. As I experienced this moonrise, I […]
Read more "Clouds Eclipsed a Solar Eclipse: It Was Wonderful"February 22nd is my spouse’s birthday. This year she wanted a celebration dinner at La Dolce Vita Ristorante Italiano in Provo. We decided to stroll around the nearby Brigham Young University before eating. Because college campuses are professionally landscaped, I took my little camera1 along. It was suited for grabbing a few shots while not […]
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Read more "Visiting Antelope Island during Winter"The full Moon closest to the December solstice rises farther north of due east than at any other time. That the event was one day after Christmas this year especially excited me. Here is what I saw: Just before Moonrise The rising Moon, not yet above the mountain, will soon slide laterally at an […]
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Read more "Questing for Wonder on a December Noon"Lake Itasca lies in the remote northwestern quadrant of Minnesota and forms the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The lake and its state park are not on the way to anywhere; one must really want to go. The practical way to get there is automobile: Three and a half hours from Minneapolis-Saint Paul and four […]
Read more "Mississippi Headwaters: Lake Itasca, Minnesota"A syzygy ((“Syzygy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syzygy. Accessed 24 Oct. 2023.)) is any three celestial bodies of a single gravitational system arranged in a line. If one of those bodies is light emitting like the Sun, if the middle one is the Moon, and is the third one is the Earth, the result is a […]
Read more "A Special Syzygy"The Loge Gallery at the Pioneer Theater Company Featured the works of thirteen artists during the run of Agatha’s Christy’s Murder on the Orient Express September 23 through October 7, 2023. My contributions were these eight photographs printed on aluminum with coordinating metal frames: Sunset over Miami I was on the bow of a […]
Read more "The Loge Gallery at the Pioneer Theater Company"The three brightest objects in the sky are the Sun, the Moon, and Venus Setting Super Moon – 31 August 2023 That morning I had just left my house for a run. But when I saw this Moon, I abandoned the run for a camera. I always am thrilled to see the Moon, especially […]
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