Well, another first of the season anyway. Last night (or rather early early this morning) I decided to take a couple of night sky photographs, I was at work so I could not move far (well I could stand at the bottom of the steps at work and still hear the phone ring so that was my range ;-)). Anyway, here’s a couple of night sky shots from Kirkby Stephen signal box, and finally one of the night sky over Kirkby Stephen station.
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All stuff astronomical.
Beverley
We decided to leave the car behind this time and wandered into Beverley, along the way we stormed the dark tower…. Okay, we didn’t storm it, and it may not have been a dark tower, but the mind works in strange ways at times 😉 Anyway, after the dark tower and a wander around Beverley we visited the Minster.
Read MoreAmazing aurora timelapse
Don’t you just wish every now and then you could magic yourself to a different place for a while 😉 When I watched this video this morning I almost was somewhere else for a while. It’s certainly worth watching full screen. Amazing work by Terje Sorgjerd it must be said. The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
Read MoreChange of plan
When I returned home this morning I thought I’d play with the camera taking photographs of the misty valley and the Moon above; as the morning wore on my plans changed slightly 😉 At this point I thought it would be a good idea to go for a wander with the dog and the camera along the lane – As I took this photograph I thought, wouldn’t it be good to take the Sun poking its head above the hills through the telescope rather than with the usual lenses, unfortunately…
Read MoreThis isn’t the SuperMoon
Nor is it the megaMoon, it certainly can’t be referred to as the amazinglysplendoroussparklyMoon. It’s just the Moon, yes it may be a little closer at the moment but you’re not suddenly going to be blinded by looking at it, and it’s certainly not going to start boiling all the fluids in your brain 😉 Having said that, the Moon is super, but then it always is to me 🙂 I decided this morning to take a few early morning photographs of the Moon as it hovered above Blencathra and…
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