Snowy Flatirons
A highlight of my winter drive into work is the sight of the Flatirons plastered in fresh snow after a storm has passed through. It’s not a sight that usually lasts very long; the Flatirons are steep and a day … Continue reading
Category Archives: Star trails
Moonrise, Longs Peak
An attempt to catch the first light of the almost-full rising moon on the face of Longs Peak, in Rocky Mountain National Park. A long stack of the stars was disappointing, instead this is 2.5 minutes processed with StarStaX’s “comet” … Continue reading
Striking out with the Orionids
The Orionid meteor shower last night was predicted to yield 20 or more meteors per hour. That was probably right – I must have seen about that many from the not-so-dark shore of the Boulder reservoir – but they were … Continue reading
Night in the Tetons
Cunningham Cabin, Grand Teton National Park The Cunningham Cabin north of Jackson, dating (originally) from 1885. It’s easy to imagine what a remote location this must have been back then! According to Wikipedia “the cabin was the scene of a … Continue reading
Stars at the Scala dei Turchi
A star trail panorama shot at the Scala dei Turchi (literally the “staircase of the Turks”) in southern Sicily this summer. During the day this is an unusual, and unusually popular, white limestone formation, but after sunset it was very … Continue reading
Shooting star trail panoramas with multiple cameras
Over the Christmas holidays the thought occurred to me that it might be fun to try shooting some wide star trail panoramas – wide enough perhaps that the stars could be seen rising on one horizon and setting over the … Continue reading
Trail Ridge Road
Trail Ridge Road, which reaches more than 12,000 feet en route between the east and west sides of Rocky Mountain National Park, has just opened for the season (it usually opens on Memorial Day). There’s still too much snow high … Continue reading
Pawnee Buttes, Colorado
A star trail panorama
Moonrise at Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park Took advantage of co-operative weather this weekend to have a first go at a star trail panorama, at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I’ve visited this place many times: it’s … Continue reading