Grand Canyon Star Trails, May 2021
Grand Canyon River Rafting Trip
From May 29 to June 4, 2021 Heidi and I had the great pleasure of attaining one of my bucket-list trips, a fully supported commercial rafting trip on the Colorado…
Zodiacal Light, Taylor Canyon, UT
2021 Trip #1: Taylor Canyon Zodiacal Light
As the southern Milky Way typically becomes visible in this latitude of the northern hemisphere in March, it is usually when I take my first trip of the year. This…
Hardscrabble, White Rim Trail, Canyonlands N.P.
Zodiacal Tree of Light
Zodiacal Light rises over Hardscrabble A, White Rim Trail, Canyonlands N.P., Utah
Atlanta Braves signed baseball, Hank Aaron
R.I.P. Hank Aaron, Greatest Slugger of Them All
I just heard that Hank Aaron passed away, and it immediately took me back to my years as a kid, when baseball was my game. R.I.P. Hank Aaron. Back in…
To The Utah Monolith Artist: I have something for you. #nda
1/1/21: To The Utah Monolith Artist
To The Utah Monolith Artist: Whether you consider yourself artist or artisan, huckster or provocateur, in 2020 you have accomplished something singular. Out of the ordinary you’ve created wonder, shown…
On the winter solstice, the 2020 Saturn-Jupiter conjunction captured over St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, Denver, Colorado. As we leave 2020 I thought we needed a bit of wonder for the new year, thus the 'Christmas Star' treatment.
Saturn-Jupiter 2020 Great Conjunction over Denver
On the winter solstice, I went out to capture the Saturn-Jupiter 2020 Great Conjunction over Denver, over St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Quite a few people out wandering around the…
The mysterious Monolith of Utah with Zodiacal Light, captured pre-sunrise on November 26, 2020.
Utah Monolith and Zodiacal Light
The last image I captured prior to sunrise is 'Utah Monolith and Zodiacal Light'. The wedge of light created by sunlight being reflected back from interplanetary dust within our solar…
The mysterious Monolith of Utah, captured at night on the early morning of November 26, 2020.
Utah Monolith and Star Trails at night
Utah Monolith and Star Trails at night And as quickly as the Utah Monolith had appeared within our collective conscious, it was gone. Reports are that sometime on Friday…
The mysterious Monolith of Utah, captured at night on the early morning of November 26, 2020.6, 2020.
Utah Monolith at Night
Some things in the world just deserve a drop-everything, no-holds-barred trip, and the opportunity to see the Utah Monolith at night was certainly no exception. Even on Thanksgiving. I made…
SKY GUIDE of Comet NEOWISE and Milky Way over Crested Butte, Colorado
Comet NEOWISE and Milky Way, Crested Butte
Magnitude +2.4 Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) continues to provide amazing opportunities for photographers, and the dynamic terrain around Crested Butte, Colorado allowed me to capture one image I was not…
Comet C/2020 F3, long exposure to bring out the airglow.
7/19/20: Comet NEOWISE from Lizard Head Pass, CO
Comet NEOWISE from Lizard Head Pass, CO So Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE does not disappoint! After about four hours of scouting locations (heavily relying upon The Photographer's Ephemeris), I finally…
A train of Starlink satellites filing past Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE over Gunnison National Forest, Colorado
7/18/20: Comet NEOWISE and Starlink Train
Since I rarely shoot the northern sky, to date I haven't had an incursion by the nearly-600 Starlink satellites that have been launched by SpaceX to date. Comet NEOWISE provided…