Four billion years from now our sun might look a little like this except for one striking difference. It will not have those ever changing sunspots that dance across the face of the sun as we see it in the sky today. Well at least you would if you were looking at it through welding […]
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Sometime ‘almost’ really is good enough. When the moon is almost full the shadowed edge is has structure and detail of craters that is lost on a full moon. When the the sky is completely clear of cloud there is nothing to put context around an otherwise bright object in a black sky. This almost […]
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High above the Elder Range a waning gibbous moon makes it’s way towards a moonset that will never be seen. As clouds roll in from the west the moon gets an early night, disappearing beneath snowy white pillows. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Lunar Pillows’ 1/1000s f/4 ISO100 200mm
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The moon is waxing again and soon will be full. The pattern repeats over and over but the sky is always different. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Lunar Layers’ 1/25s f/4 ISO1600 200mm
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This afternoon while photographing sunspots a favorite Pink Floyd song came to mind. “While you were hanging yourself on someone else’s words Dying to believe in what you heard I was staring straight into the shining sun” Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Staring Straight Into The Shining Sun’ 1/640s f/16 ISO100 400mm filter 400ND + Long pass […]
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