With annotations. Note Arcturus off to the left. “Follow the arc [of the Dipper] to Arcturus,” as they say.
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![Fields Landing - Humboldt Bay, Humboldt County, California.. Swipe for 3 separate panes. Shooting star/meteor in middle and right panes. .
I had another great time out being photographically creative with @maryburnzz . It was a good night for it! We each caught a shooting star, I think two different ones. .
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A fishing boat and the last dying embers of the sun's orange glow marked the horizon. Ground lights spilled their illumations across the landscape and up onto the clouds, and the stars popped out in all their constellations. Venus was sinking in the west, bright enough to cast a reflection on the bay. Even a faint hint of Milky Way 🌌shone diagonally across the sky. Even EVEN our neighboring galaxy Andromeda 🌌 was visible above the channel marker with the green light on it. To cap it off, I caught a meteor/Shooting Star! 🌠(See it?).
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From the story on kymkemp.com (Redheaded Blackbelt): “It [my pano] comprises five separate, side-by-side vertical frames, which I then put together into the whole. The resulting view is nearly 180º.” .
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Musings at the Moonstone Cave
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Eel River Overlook
Humboldt County, California The Eel River glides between Redwood-covered hillsides under the night sky. I was there with a former student and her friend and we played with our cameras while we stood in awe of the night. There was even a shooting ...
The Survivor
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Avenue of the Imagination
Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt County, California To what strange trip might this road lead? Ground level on the Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt County, California. No cars were out at 12:30 A.M. on this little rural road this Sunday evening, but ...
Holiday Magic 2019
Humboldt County, California. It certainly looked a lot like Christmas in Old Town, Eureka. I’d gone down to photograph some nighttime holiday lights, and what should happen by but a wooden Santa ornament. It hobbled stiffly out of the store as ...
Milky Way over South Fork Eel River
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