The waxing crescent Moon (just shy of three days old) oversees a beautiful Hill Country Sunset.
Canon 20 & 17-40mm L @ 37mm, 1/13″, F/5, ISO-100
A wider view:

Added 23:19 (just for grins):
This was taken just a few minutes earlier.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
With Saturn reaching opposition, it’s likely attracted the most observational attention of late. If you have the opportunity, though, Jupiter will make for a fine pre-dawn target this week. Look toward the Southeast in the hours before sunrise and you’ll see our largest planetary neighbor in the heart of the constellation […]

Remember the good old days when The Weather Channel actually devoted their airtime to their namesake?

Hurricane Rita bears down on the Gulf Coast.
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC
Enter the latest addition to the TWC lineup: It Could Happen Tomorrow.
What if a Category 3 Hurricane hit New York City? What if a major earthquake shattered San Francisco?
It Could Happen […]

After a few uncooperative days, this evening served up a marvelous Hill Country sunset. Below are my favorites from tonight’s series. Colors are unaltered. Canon 20D & 17-40mm L.

17mm, F/11, 1/10″, ISO-100

20mm, F/7.1, 1/13″

22mm, F/7.1, 1/13″

31mm, F/5.6, 1/15″
It was a most dynamic scene. Glad I had the opportunity to watch it progress.

Continuing on its dedicated Saturnian mission, the Cassini spacecraft has returned further marvelous images of this pair of the ringed planet’s moons, Dione and Rhea. Clicking on each image will take you directly to the accompanying press releases. All images and captions courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

The leading hemisphere of Dione displays subtle variations […]

Check out this fantastic image taken by my friend Jim Scotti:

© 2006 James V. Scotti
The Steward Observatory 90 inch and Kitt Peak 4-meter telescope domes are lit by a crescent Moon sinking in the west as twilight fades in a cirrusy sky. The Little Dipper is visible over the 4-meter dome as the wispy […]

If conditions in your area allow over the next couple of nights, plan on getting outside with your gear to take a peek at our ringed celestial neighbor.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
From NASA’s Saturn Observation Campaign:
January through June 2006 are the best months to view Saturn this year. In June, […]