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A Bit of Whimsy

Posted on March 12, 2019 by

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It’s not for everyone to take the world seriously all of the time, though some people probably need to, at least a little bit. But I don’t think I’m one of them. I surmise folks like that need people like me to keep things in balance, so this week I am taking creative license to present a handful of images of our North Coast through the looking-glass of whimsy. Or is that mimsy?

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Night Flees the Dawn as the brightening blue overtakes the Milky Way. Kneeland Road, Humboldt County, California. March 17, 2019. Roads hold some fascination for me. Metaphors for many things, each holds a unique feeling for each of us. They often lead me outward to mystery, and yet also often they bring me back home and reveal another mystery within myself; within and without are but two ends of a spectrum of awareness and existence. This road takes me to the Cosmos, into the Mystery of the Unknown. Swipe to see annotations for Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Altair, and Antares. . . . . #Countryroad #mystery #humboldtcounty #rural #countrylife #theradwoodcoast #humboldtbasecamp #humboldt #howihumboldt #astronomy #travel #destinations #californiasky #universetoday #astrosprout #astrophotography #MilkyWay #longexposure #photographerfocus #norcalpulse #california #californiacoast #california #milkywaychasers #visitcalifornia #californialove #californiafocus #visualart #norcal #nightphotography #northcoastjournal Hello, Darkness, my old friend.... Dawn chases the Milky Way over the Kneeland Road, Humboldt County, California. My first photo of the Milky Way's core this year. March 17, 2019. One road may take you home. Another leads you away. And some will take you inside yourself. Where are you going today? . . . . . “Hello Darkness, my old friend” is a Simon and Garfunkel line from their song “Sounds of Silence”. . #Countryroad #humboldtcounty #rural #countrylife #theradwoodcoast #humboldtbasecamp #humboldt #howihumboldt #astronomy #travel #destinations #californiasky #universetoday #astrophotography #MilkyWay #longexposure #photographerfocus #norcalpulse #california #californiacoast #california #milkywaychasers #visitcalifornia #californialove #californiafocus #visualart #norcal #trinidadca #nightphotography #northcoastjournal #jupiter Do the stars move across the sky if there's no one there to see them? We may never know. Because this lone oak is always watching. Night by night it sits beneath the stars as they rise in the east and follow their inevitable paths across the sky... . . . . #Countryroad #oak #humboldtcounty #rural #countrylife #theradwoodcoast #landscape #landscapephotography #humboldtbasecamp #fineart #humboldt #howihumboldt #travel #destinations #californiasky #universetoday #astrophotography #startrails #longexposure #photographerfocus #norcalpulse #california #california #visitcalifornia #californialove #californiafocus #visualart #norcal #nightphotography #northcoastjournal “My God, it’s full of stars!” Dave Bowman’s words from “2001” echoed in my mind as my brother and I stood on the glossy surface, the stars both above our heads and beneath our feet. Indeed, our tiny planet bobs in space a mote among the stars, themselves small in the vastness. Humboldt County, California. February 22, 2019. . . . . . . #beach #humboldtcounty #pacific #theradwoodcoast #humboldtbasecamp #fineart #humboldt #howihumboldt #astronomy #travel #destinations #californiasky #universetoday #astrosprout #astrophotography #Orion #longexposure #photographerfocus #norcalpulse #california #californiacoast #california #brothers #visitcalifornia #californialove #californiafocus #visualart #norcal #trinidadca #nightphotography #northcoastjournal A trip out to Houda Beach with @kaptainz2002 yielded some pretty views along California’s rugged north coast. The constellation Orion and the stars Betelgeuse, Sirius and Procyon were bright above McKinleyville. The clouds soon moved in, though. The illumination on the foreground was cast by the lights on houses up the hill along Scenic Drive. February 22, 2019. #beach #humboldtcounty #pacific #theradwoodcoast #humboldtbasecamp #art #humboldt #howihumboldt #astronomy #californiasky #universetoday #astrosprout #astrophotography #satellite #Orion #Betelgeuse #sirius #procyon #longexposure #norcalpulse #california #californiacoast #california #visitcalifornia #californialove #californiafocus #photographerfocus #norcal #trinidadca #nightphotography #northcoastjournal Amid a greater illusion of permanence, only the waves appeared to move. Yet the stars slid along their nightly paths in motion unnoticed. The cliffs themselves cracked and tumbled before the eons-long onslaught of the waves, ground up and crumbling in the surf as a cookie crumbles in milk. . . Looking north toward Trinidad and Trinidad Head from Houda Point Beach, Humboldt County, California. This is actually a little west of north, as you can see from the arc of the star trails that the North Star, Polaris, would be above and to the right of this view. The star trails closer to the cloud layer appear to break up in places due to being partially obscured at times by the moving clouds. Like a skylight cover the cloud layer slid across the sky until the stars were replaced by grey. Same thing happened to my hair. This is a single exposure Nikon D750 Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 #beach #humboldtcounty #pacific #theradwoodcoast #humboldtbasecamp #art #humboldt #howihumboldt #astronomy #californiasky #universetoday #astrosprout #milkyway #astrophotography #startrails #longexposure #milkywaychasers #photographerfocus #norcalpulse #california #travel #trinidadca #californiadreaming #visitcalifornia #californialove #californiafocus #fineart #norcal #trinidadca #nightphotography #northcoastjournal
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