Sky Watch - Going, going, gone

Sky Watch - First Saturday skies

As I wander around Frederick last Saturday the sky put on a spectacular display as the sun disappeared in the west! (Click on the sidebar image to see another shot of this sky.)

Sky Watch - Sunset and clouds

Sunset on Feb 11 and afternoon clouds on Feb 12. 

Sky Watch - Three views

Sun's rays

Sunset

 

Full moon
 

If you have never seen the aurora (northern lights) in motion, check out this video link.

Sepia Scenes - Sunset December 13

To see this sunset in color visit my Sky Watch this Friday.

Sky Watch - Another sunset

Two weeks ago I went to pickup some Chinese food from our local restaurant. A very overcast day was showing some light along the top of the mountain and I took the shot above. As I left with our dinner, a big ball of fire appeared. By the time I walked to the car and grabbed my camera the image below was all that remained and the sun quickly disappeared. 

Sky Watch - Last sunset of summer

The whole sky lit up on September 22. Above is a view to the southeast, the plane is northeast and the last view is west.

Sky Watch - Light clouds

Cloud layers

Clouds at sunset

Moon and cloud

Sky Watch - Sunset June 1

Sky Watch - Moon rising

First, a nice sunset;

and then the full moon peeked above the hills east of Frederick. These first three shots were taken from the top of a parking garage in the first few minutes of the moon's rise. The last two were taken from ground level about 30 minutes later. All shot with my 200 mm lens and cropped for posting.

Sky Watch - Thursday's skies

Morning clouds

Afternoon blue

Afternoon cloud

Sunset

Sky Watch - Old year, new year

NASA has posted some great images of the December lunar eclipse and the January partial solar eclipse. Here are the links:

Jan 4 Solar
Sunset, Moonset
Sunrise, Moonrise
December 23 Lunar
Eclipsing the sun
Eclipse at moonset
The solstice’s moon eclipse

Contrail and clouds, December 21

Foggy morning, December 30

Sunset through trees, January 2

Sunset from field, January 3

Sky Watch - Sunset and clouds

Sunset on December 22

and clouds trailing to the southwest

Sky Watch - South Carolina skies

The skies in South Carolina last Saturday were clear. The first two shots were shortly after sunrise. The next two were mid-morning, and the last as the sun set with a golden glow in the sky.