Here’s a sequence of images taken yesterday evening. The view along the terminator was marvelous, and the atmospheric conditions on the cooperative side.

One of the things I adore about lunar observing: the apperance of surface features changes regularly due to lunar phase and libration. Slightly different shadowing can add an entirely new dimension to craters […]

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.

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.

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 […]

From the archives (as the local weather’s most uncooperative), here’s part of a series I shot back on 17 April 2005.

Canon 20D, 17-40L

Taken afocally back on 16 April 2005, I adore this view along the lunar surface. The separation between the sunlit and darkened areas of the Moon brings out lovely details.
Click for a higher-resolution version.

In coming days I should complete the move from ye olde Den to this new space. I’ve put some effort into retaining the same content but in a much more efficient layout with fewer graphics. Wordpress is marvelous in comparison, and in this new and improved format things should load much more smoothly.It’ll also be […]