Archive for September 4th, 2009

Six Months tracking the Sun

Friday, September 4th, 2009

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Sunny for days, cloudy for weeks…..

repeat.

Sunny for days, cloudy for weeks….

repeat.

This six month Solargraph from Anderson Mesa says it all.

Placed in collaboration with Brian Skiff of Lowell Observatory from Winter Solstice 2008 to Summer Solstice 2009.

Discovery and the ISS fly over the Full Moon

Friday, September 4th, 2009


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They don’t literally fly over the Moon.

Here we see the Moon in Aquarius, and Discovery docked with the international space station flying through Pisces and Cetus.

The sky had thin clouds again this morning so the arc left behind by the shuttle and station are somewhat fuzzy.

40 second Nikon D70 on tripod

ISO 200

F/4