December Moon hung in the clouds with Mars
Reminiscing about times gone by
Mars recounted all the wars, almost too many to count
The Moon thought of peaceful times, few and far between
“Inflicting misery and woe are the ways of men,” reminded Mars
“Nothing can be done!”
December Moon hung alone in the trees at dawn
“My peace be with you!”
Jupiter tows Moon across the sky
Rippling the fabric of space and time
Jupiter lost in a fold
Mars hangs above Resa’s tree
Kiss Flying-V points to two
The Pleiades questions tenebrous
Capella looks at ten
Uranus sits dimly on one
Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill cranes in a flying-V
Mystery bird
The Pleiades is at the middle left. Mars is in between the light streak and Resa’s tree on the lower left. Jupiter is at the top right.
Not a cloud in the sky
Cranes playing on the beach on the other side of the river.
Jake intermission
Downy Woodpecker
Mars bottom of the photo. The Pleiades in the upper middle. Kiss Flying V below the Pleiades.
Sunrise at the office
Puppy working hard
The last flight
9:30 pm last night. Jupiter is in the lower left of the photo, and Saturn is close to the right edge of the photo.
Jupiter and four moons at 9:30 pm last night.
The sky straight overhead at 9:30 pm last night. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Jupiter and three of its moons at 1:30 am this morning. I woke up and 1:30 am and remembered I had left the drip systems on, so I got up and turned off the drip system and photographed Jupiter. I forgot my iPhone, so I didn’t get any wide-angle photos of the sky at 1:30 am.
The sky looking east at 5:30 am this morning. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Jupiter with three of its moons at 5:30 am this morning. It’s interesting how the moons change positions through the night.
The sky straight overhead at 5:30 am this morning. You can see the Pleiades and Mars in the upper right side of the photo. Click on the image to enlarge it.
The clouds at sunset this evening.
Here’s a close-up of the stone house in the landscape on Friday’s post.
Night sky at 2:00 am. The Pleiades is in the lower center and Mars is below the Pleiades. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Jupiter and four of its moons. The sky was clear last night, but I could not get Jupiter’s stripes, and the photos of Saturn were blobs. There must have been an atmospheric disturbance obscuring clear shots of the planets.
There was an alignment of the moon, Mars, and the Pleiades this morning, but the thin cloud cover almost blocked out Mars and the Pleiades in the shots where the moon has details. Click on the photos to see more details.
Dawn
Jupiter with four moons and deep space
What is Saturn opposed to? The sun, of course. On August 14th Saturn will be at its brightest. I’m hoping for a clear night.
I walked out to the river at dusk to see if I could get the moonrise. Only gray clouds from the approaching storm.
Demons and dragons closing in on Resa’s tree.
I woke up a 3:30 am, walked outside, and shot the moon as it slipped through the clouds before disappearing behind the trees.
A tree held onto the moon after it slipped through the clouds.
Mars, Jupiter, and Venus at 3:48 am.
Off Center & Not Even 