This morning I got my camera gear ready for the ISS pass which I was cleverly notified of via Twitter, gone are the days of trying to work out when objects will be visible in the night sky, I just wait for the tweet 😉 Armed with the relevant information, wrapped in a couple of layers to ward off the cold winds which had developed over night I stepped outside around 0530hrs to get ready. The cloud was fairly high towards the East and was also flitting around the Moon…
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All stuff astronomical.
Reflected Light
I took some photographs of the Moon yesterday illuminating some mist in the valley, and I found myself thinking about how much the Sun influences our lives. After all the light from the Moon illuminating that mist originated in the Sun, the light itself has a very different property when it’s reflected from the Moon. I’m not talking about the physical make up of the reflected light itself, I’m talking about the way Moonlight gives a distinct magical feel to a scene, especially when you add mist into the mix…
Read MoreFrom the Moon to frozen lakes
A few photographs starting with the Lunar eclipse – The snow covered Lakeland hills beyond Penrith Snowy Blencathra A frozen Bassenthwaite Lake with a snowy Skiddaw beyond.
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The snow covered lane and field lit by the crescent Moon.
Read MorePut that light out
My annual rant about light pollution (and a couple of photographs of Venus & Saturn in the early morning sky).
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