A Morning Song & Moutain Chickadee

April 22, 2023 Timothy Price55 Comments

Resa’s Tree was having a wild hair day at dawn.

Towhee singing a morning song.

A Mountain Chickadee made a quick stop on the garden cart. I barely got in two shots edgewise.

Butterfly on Brian’s favorite flower.

Lady Banks. Our first rose to bloom.

Contrails at dusk disturbed the ghosts, who went plasmatic on me.

Venus and Sliver Moon in western sky. Clouds, contrails, and stars in southern sky. Stars over luminous cottonwoods in northern sky.

Resa’s Tree blowing off steam after having wild hair at dawn.

Hmmm! Temperatures aligned.

Another Conjunction

April 10, 2023 Timothy Price87 Comments

Venus and The Pleiades conjunction in the low right. The short streak at the top is a satellite.

Conjunctions happen! And this week, Venus and The Pleiades are getting up close and personal as they pass each other, as seen from our earthly perspective.

Venus and The Pleiades on the right. The Kiss Flying-V on the left.

Venus looked orb-like shining through the thin cloud cover, with The Pleiades managing to shine through the clouds as well.

Speaking of orbs, I was in the middle of a bast of phantasm plasma bursting out of the dark matter. Researchers who deal in paranormal activity believe that ghosts and spirits travel in plasmatic cylinders and orbs.

This is a series of the pink moon rising on April 6th when it was 100% full, but not the official “full moon” from the night before. The fifth photo shows Venus near the horizon under wild clouds.

Rain Watered Darkness

March 16, 2023 Timothy Price43 Comments

Rain watered darkness
Rainbow over Resa’s Tree
Promises of spring

Stinku

March 3, 2023 Timothy Price41 Comments

Silver kitty

Stinku
Silver upside down
Skunks are stinking up the night
Diverging planets

Stinky skunk

Venus above Jupiter

Three Photos & Two Questions

February 28, 2023 Timothy Price58 Comments

If the moon is 66.6% full is it a Devil’s Moon?

The moon above Jupiter and Venus.

Can you find the nest I hung in Susan’s Tree?

A Little Closer

February 27, 2023 Timothy Price35 Comments

Half moon high in the southwestern sky. Jupiter and Venus low getting closer together.

As close a shot as I can get of Jupiter and Venus coming together.

A half-moon tonight

The night sky looking toward the southeast.

The night sky looking north.

Windku

February 23, 2023 Timothy Price58 Comments

Moon, Jupiter, and Venus last night.

Gods were breaking wind
Loki, Thor pulling fingers
Blew lights out last night

No Comet Seen Tonight

February 10, 2023 Timothy Price42 Comments

The comet was supposed to be close to Mars tonight. Using three different cameras, various exposures, and binoculars, I did not see a comet near Mars.

The above image was from the live sky on SkySafariWeb. The image below is from Celestron’s website. I’m in MST, which was 7:00 PM when the above photos were taken.

The night sky with whispy clouds from a couple of nights ago.

We got a dusting of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Clouds over the Sandias before sunset on Wednesday afternoon.

Sunset on Wednesday evening.

Allusive Green

February 2, 2023 Timothy Price43 Comments

Using apps that showed me where the Green Comet should have been, I photographed the night sky in hopes of getting some sort of sighting. Between the 94% full moon and general light pollution, the Greeny is too faint to see. I’ll try again on the 10th when Greeny will be close to Mars and the moon with come up late.