Miscellaneous: Blood Moon (July 27, 2018)

A view of tonight's "blood moon," the result of the moon being in the Earth's shadow. As seen from Santa Rosa, CA, at around 11:00PM, July 27, 2018.

Miscellaneous: The 2016 "Supermoon"

I wasn't able to get a good photograph of last night's super moon down low, where the size is most dramatically apparent, but I did get a decent shot of the full moon after it had moved above the band of clouds that had veiled it nearer the horizon.

Miscellaneous: Lunar Eclipse (September 27, 2015)

We were treated to a total eclipse of the moon today. Did you see the blood-orange red moon tonight? By the time I was able to photograph it, the color had gone....

Miscellaneous: Glory Around the Moon (April 2, 2012)

A beautiful halo of light around the moon tonight. Sometimes called a "glory," these rings of diffuse light are caused by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. I've seen a similar phenomenon (from above, in an airplane) on the surface of a cloud layer, created by the sun--in which case the sun produces a bright halo around the shadow of the aircraft. Somewhat different, but much the same effect.