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[member010719]

Crepuscular rays and clouds in the  twilight at sunset , today October 31.

 

Ziridava

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[member010719]

Somehow on 31 of October I lost this image at initial download from the camera.

It is a  contrail at an altitude higher than the clouds.

I believe this because the contrail is illuminated by the pink light of the Sun bellow horizon while the clouds are in the semiobscurity of the twilight.

 

 

 

Ziridava

[tchandler]

Caught this interesting scene in the mountains east of San Jose last week while driving along US 101. Sunlight reflecting on the cloud deck and then a double rainbow. In spite of an extreme drought there was a good thunderstorm overnight and showers the next day, of which this was the atmospheric results of one. I think I may have seen a unicorn as well.

 

It pours when I go to southern California - maybe they should have me return more often???

 

 

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[member010719]

Last night ,Sunday 13th  of November , when the Moon was rising it  was ''lost'' in the distant trees.

 

 

 

 

When the Moon get higher ,the clouds rolled in.

 

Only a  Moon Corona was left in the show.

 

 

 

 

 

Ziridava 

[Dave Mitsky]

1) The Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow from my street on 11/4/16

 

2) The Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow from the Naylor Observatory on 11/6/16

 

3) The Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow from my street on 11/7/16

 

4) The Belt of Venus, the Earth's shadow, and the rising gibbous Moon from my street on 11/12/16

 

5) The Belt of Venus, the Earth's shadow, and the rising almost-Supermoon from my street on 11/13/16 (iPhone 6s)

 

6) Sunset from my street on 11/15/16

 

All of the above were taken with a Canon PowerShot SD980 IS camera except number 5.

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Dave Mitsky]

A great photo of the Belt of Venus, the Earth's shadow, and the rising Supermoon shot in Antarctica appeared on the space.weather.com site today. 

 

http://spaceweather....th=11&year=2016

 

http://spaceweatherg...pload_id=130779

 

Dave Mitsky

[Dave Mitsky]

I took these shots of sundogs and a partial 2-degree solar halo on 12/19/16 using my wife's iPhone 6s.

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Here's a photo of the Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow that I snapped with my iPhone 4s on 12/26/16.

 

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Some Canon PowerShot SD980 IS shots of the Belt of Venus and the shadow of the Earth from atop a nearby hill on December 27th.

 

Dave Mitsky

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Here's an iPhone shot of the Belt of Venus et al from the Naylor Observatory on January 1st.  It was a bit hazy near the horizon that day.

 

Dave Mitsky

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A lunar corona and some rather strange clouds that I shot late one night last week with a Canon PowerShot SD980 IS camera.

 

http://www.atoptics....ets/cormoon.htm

 

Dave Mitsky

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[member010719]

Congratulations for the  beautiful pictures.

On 11 of December I witnessed  the passing of waves of clouds in parallel streaks and about perpendiculars on their NW to SE direction of movement.

It didn't last long , about 20  minutes.

I didn't saw something similar until now. 

Thank you for sharing , Ziridava

[Dave Mitsky]

Thanks, ziridava!

 

I'd never before seen anything quite like those cloud bands that night.  I wish my photo would have turned out a bit better since the effect was rather striking.

 

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[member010719]

I did try to take pics of that clouds but failed rendering the parallel streaks , my ''soap dish'' have a too small angle for such images.

With naked eyes instead , despite of local turbulences , the parallel wave system of the clouds was striking.

Also I don't remember to see anything like that.

 

Ziridava

[Dave Mitsky]

Here's a shot of numerous contrails that I took on January 19th and one of the Belt of Venus and the Earth's shadow that I took on Wednesday evening.

 

Dave Mitsky

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Here are two of the photos that I took at sunset this evening.  There's currently a weak lunar halo visible but my camera is not capturing it very well.

 

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[member010719]

Dave

 

Beautiful pics,thanks for sharing !

 

Ziridava

[Dave Mitsky]

You're welcome!

[member010719]

Last night it happened a penumbral lunar eclipse.

I was not able to see the eclipse itself.

 

Before eclipse , due to the sky covered by clouds ,I noticed a tendency to form Moon Corona.

 

 

 

 

 

 

At ground level it was a very thick fog.

 

 

 

 

Ziridava

 

[Dave Mitsky]

The skies were overcast here during the penumbral eclipse.  However, I was able to see the Snow Moon but it was many hours later.  A 22-degree lunar halo was also visible.

 

I took these shots with a hand-held Canon PowerShot SX700 HS camera.  The lunar halo was readily apparent visually but is a bit difficult to make out in the photos.

 

Dave Mitsky

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[member010719]

Dave

 

I didn't knew that was the Snow Moon.

The halo is visible pretty well in the first picture.

Thank you for sharing.

 

Ziridava

[Dave Mitsky]

Ziridava,

 

The February Full Moon is also known as the Hunger or Storm Moon.

 

Here's a shot of last night's sunset that I took from a gas station.

 

Dave Mitsky

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These are some of the photographs of sunsets that I've taken over the past few years.

 

Dave Mitsky

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[Dave Mitsky]

Continued...

 

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[member010719]

Dave

 

They are absolutely beautiful !

Thank you for posting,Ziridava