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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 24th, 2010
One of the most popular spots for Connecticut leaf peepers is the Comstock Covered Bridge in East Hampton/Colchester. This year they will be dissapointed. Sure, there is a great show of color on the trees, and the Salmon River is still flowing, but the bridge is gone. The bridge which is owned by the State [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2010
Colorful scenes from around Connecticut this autumn season. Shelton, Connecticut. North Haven, Connecticut. Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Posted in Americana, Biology, Nature, Science on Oct 16th, 2010
A perfect day for leaf peeping in Connecticut yeilded more than a few frames of fall foliage in my camera. A never disappointing area to observe great autumn colors, and have maybe an apple fritter or two, is in Middlefield, Connecticut around the Lyman Orchards area. Rolling hills, acres of ripe apples, and squeals of children and [...]
I have been trying to capture this lunar transit for a number of years, and unexpentantly I managed to capture it tonight without any warning. While looking at the moon at the town green in Marlborough, Ct I saw a number of aircraft flying near the moon at about 7:00pm. Just by chance I took [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography, Space on Oct 11th, 2010
It was a surprise this morning when I got into work and saw Rachel Frank, one of our FOXCT meteorolgists showing my colorful autumn image of M33 the Triangulum Galaxy during her weather segment. Nobody on the morning show knew what a M33 was, never mind it was in the constellation of Trianglulum. Without missing a [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Oct 10th, 2010
It’s been quite a astrophotography weekend (read posts below) starting with comet Hartley 2, a neat shot of the M33 Galaxy in the trees, and now to top it off a personal best of M31 in a single one minute exposure. This time taken with a 300mm lens at f/4 at 3200 iso. Three nights of great weather [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Oct 10th, 2010
After finally getting an image of comet Hartley 2 that I liked, I had some rare astronomy time to explore the skies. Using my pair of 20×80 bino’s I spotted a smudge of light in between some branches of an oak tree next to my house. Upon further exploration I found it to be M33 the Triangulum [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Oct 10th, 2010
This was the third and best attempt yet at getting a nice image of Comet Hartley. Fighting a new neighbors flood lights that they had left on (yikes, what a surprise), a spotlight revolving through the sky from the Portland Fair 10 miles away, and busy air traffic, I managed to get a pretty nice [...]
Posted in Astronomy, astrophotography on Oct 8th, 2010
Take a comet called Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley), and 2 clusters of stars in Perseus and what do you get? You get a recipe for a great astro photograph. That’s what I caught tonight when I went out to capture the comet that was originally discovered in 1986. Discoverd by astronomer Malcolm Hartley in Australia, it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2010
A quaint village in New Brunswick, Canada called Alma is the home of the world’s highest tides. Twice a day the waters from the Bay of Fundy rush into it’s port, to yet again raise the water level up 40 feet so it’s colorful fishing fleet can set sail. With a estimated population in 2010 [...]
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