89 minutes after my son watched a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch 23 Starlink Satellites (#6-55) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, I captured what I presume to be the second stage performing…
We’re back to the time of year when the predominance of Starlink satellites can be briefly illuminated low over the northern horizon as the sun approaches the Summer Solstice here…
"I saw some flashing lights in a dark night sky, and they appeared to not move; what are they?" I frequent several online sources of astronomy information where questions…
Meteors–often called ‘shooting stars’–can be quite a sight to see and photograph, especially when one is large enough to light up the entire night sky. Just after midnight on July…
Sometimes a trip doesn't necessarily turn out the way you'd imagined, and then suddenly it all becomes worth it, whether it's finding the perfect location or witnessing something unique. In…
A 'persistent train' is a trail of ionized gases left behind some meteors when they heat up enough in the atmosphere to begin disintegrating. These trails can persist in the…
One of the reasons I enjoy shooting at night is because you never know what you (or the camera) might witness, occurrences that may be mundane, but sometimes things or…
This fall's colors took awhile to get going, likely due to the late-summer moisture and warm days and nights experienced in the high country. Having just gotten home from our…
After 11 days on the road (including 5 days at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival), we had one more day of clear skies so decided to stop for one…
August here in Colorado has provided ample moisture from continued monsoonal flow, mostly from the Pacific. It's unusual to find the alpine tundra still green all the way up above…