September Skies

On Monday the sky was cloudy but the rising Harvest moon did make a brief appearance.

9/8/14 7:03 pm

A change of lighting with Photoshop made this image look eerie.

9/8/14 7:06 pm

This "break" in the clouds was happening next to the sunset, crepuscular rays maybe?

9/8/14 sunset

I took my camera with me to the market the next morning in case there was a good moonset photo op, which there wasn't, but I ended up taking a sunrise picture.

9/9/14 sunrise

Wednesday night from my street I was able to glimpse the glowing nearly full moon rising from behind a hill. Those little stick-like things are saguaro cacti.

9/10/14 8:17 pm

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August Skies

Sunrise

Clouds

Moon

Rainbow

rainbow at sunset

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Early Morning Skywatching

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Summer Skies

So far, July has been an enjoyable month for skywatching.

On the morning of the supermoon, there were just a few thin clouds where the moon was setting...

and plenty of clouds in the opposite direction where the sun was rising.

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June Skies

Hello! These are some recent sky pictures:

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Snapshots of the Sky

Here are some sky pictures from the past week.

sunrise 8/19/2013 5:40am

Full "blue" moon with clouds on Wednesday:

moon 8/21/2013 5:11am

Thursday:

moon and mesquite tree  8/22/2013 5:58am

8/22 moon closer up - nice light golden color

 My son called last evening to tell me that the moon was glowing red:

moon 8/22/2013 8:16pm

red oval-shaped moon

The moon this morning with a dark sky:

moon  8/23/2013 4:16am

and a blue sky:

moon 8/23/2013 6:05am

Also this morning, even with a cloudy sky I could see the planet Jupiter and the Orion constellation to the east just before sunrise.

I'm pretty sure the two red colored dots are the stars Betelgeuse (Orion's shoulder) and Aldebaran (the fiery eye of Taurus the bull).

8/23/2013 5:14am

And finally, here's an interesting cloud from last Friday:

clouds 8/16/2013 6:46pm

It looks like the gray color was brushed onto the white cloud with a huge paint brush.

cloud close up with Vitex tree branch

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Here are some sky pictures from a walk early Sunday morning to watch the full moon set.

Supermoon over Tucson 6/23/2013

On the way back I enjoyed the colors of the mountains and sky,

Santa Ritas in the distance

and a quiet sunrise.

Sun rising behind Thimble Peak

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