Perseid Meteor Shower 2021
The summer of 2021 will be remembered for drought, fires, and smoke, and definitely not for great night sky viewing. In the days ahead of… Read More »Perseid Meteor Shower 2021
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Dark Sky Designation Program Passes in Nevada
More good news… Nevada’s “Dark Sky Designation” bill SB52 was signed today! It will encourage recognition and preservation of Nevada’s world-class dark skies. This is… Read More »Dark Sky Designation Program Passes in Nevada
A New, Surprise Threat to Mono County Night Skies and Economy?
Last year I became a reluctant observer of challenges to the Mono Basin’s dark skies from commercial development. This February 2021 update from a resident of… Read More »A New, Surprise Threat to Mono County Night Skies and Economy?
Favorite Images Captured in 2020
The year started our innocuously enough, with a quick trip to Death Valley (below) to enjoy water on the Badwater Salt Flats, and another trip… Read More »Favorite Images Captured in 2020
Minimizing Smoke For Night and Landscape Photography
Late August and early September can be particularly risky times for landscape photography, as vegetation dries out and increases the risk and intensity of potential… Read More »Minimizing Smoke For Night and Landscape Photography
Bodie – Nevada Ghost Town Night Photography Workshop
It was a busy schedule with Yosemite for practice, then Bodie and multiple mining areas in Nevada to explore, but here are some initial images… Read More »Bodie – Nevada Ghost Town Night Photography Workshop
Comet NEOWISE Photos July 2020
Comet NEOWISE was discovered on March 27, 2020. By early July it was visible to the naked eye to the Northeast in the pre-dawn sky… Read More »Comet NEOWISE Photos July 2020
Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator
For quite some time astrophotographers have used a program called Deep Sky Stacker to align and combine multiple starry images and create a better result.… Read More »Stacking Starry Night Landscapes With Sequator
Light Pollution By Mono Lake On Track To Increase
Light pollution is increasingly confirmed as negatively affecting human health, the health of various animal, insect and plant species, and the science of astronomy. It… Read More »Light Pollution By Mono Lake On Track To Increase
Will Low Earth Orbit Satellites Take Over the Night Sky?
In March 2020 I was out a couple of nights doing my normal thing shooting night photography and time-lapse sequences. On these two nights I… Read More »Will Low Earth Orbit Satellites Take Over the Night Sky?