The Aurora Borealis in Alaska. This photo shows multiple green curtains. (March 1, 2003) (27KB)
The Aurora Borealis This photo shows the red glow of atomic oxygen at the top of the green curtain. (March 1, 2003) (31KB)
The Aurora Borealis This aurora photo shows a bright green "Y" shaped curtain. (March 2, 2003) (28KB)
The Aurora Borealis The Aurora Borealis in Corona Borealis. (March 2, 2003) (30KB)
The Aurora Borealis This photo shows a very green aurora curtain. (March 1, 2003) (70KB)
The Aurora Borealis Multiple green rayed curtains. (March 1, 2003) (34KB)
The Aurora Borealis This was one of my first aurora photos. (February 28, 2003) (35KB)
The Milky Way in Sagittarius. A photograph taken with a Takahashi FCT-76 refractor on May 13, 2004. (211KB)
The Milky Way in Cygnus. A piggyback photo taken on July 15, 2001. (175KB)
The Belt of Venus and Full Moon This image was taken just before sunrise.
A full moon appears just above the pinkish
anti-twilight band of the Belt of Venus.
The dark blue Twilight Wedge is also visible. (January 11, 2009) (55KB)
The Twilight Wedge This image of earth's shadow was taken just
before sunrise, and a full moon appears just
above the dark blue twilight wedge. (January
11, 2009) (22KB)
Saturn, Mars, Regulus and the crescent Moon line up to put on a show July 5, 2008. (72KB)
A close up view of the July 5, 2008 planetary alignment shows the contrast in color between Saturn, Mars and Regulus; and you can also see features on the dark side of the Moon illuminated by earthshine. (122KB)
Thin crescent Moon and Venus The Moon was 29 hours old when these images were taken. (June 7, 2005) (100KB)
Venus and Saturn Conjunction A photograph taken with a Nikon F2 camera using a 35mm lens piggyback on a telescope mount. This image was published in the July 2007 issue of Astronomy Magazine at page 44. (July 15, 2001) (39KB)
Mercury and the crescent Moon on May 6, 2008. (39KB)
Venus and Saturn Conjunction on June 30, 2007. Images taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera from Hillsdale, Michigan. (75KB)
Venus and Jupiter Conjunction on February 16, 2010. Images taken with
a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera from Scottsdale,
Arizona. This image was published on the
Spaceweather.com website. (153KB)
Noctilucent clouds An image of the smoke trail left by the launch of the Phoenix Mars Mission on the morning of August 4, 2007. (171KB) This image was published by spaceweather.com and also appeared on the website for the Phoenix Mars Mission. Image taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera using an 18-55mm zoom lens from Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Sagittarius Star Cloud A photo taken with a Takahashi FS-128 refractor using a reducer at f5.9. (July 8, 1997) (76KB)
The Southern Cross A piggyback photo taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. (388KB)
The Southern Milky Way shows the Eta Carinae Nebula. A piggyback photo taken with a Nikon F2 camera from Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. (82KB)
Arizona Sunset City lights sparkle beneath a colorful sunset on December 8, 2008. (51KB)
Arizona Sunset This is typical of the beautiful sunsets that we get from my backyard almost every day. (June 2003) (13KB)
Arizona Sunset Occasionally we actually get a cloud in the Arizona desert. This shot shows the sun perfectly lined up with the only cloud in the sky. (June 2003) (23KB)
Arizona Sunset On those rare days when we have clouds, the sunsets can be spectacular. (June 2003) (38KB)
Arizona Sunrise We sometimes get treated to a beautiful crimson sunrise. (January 2004) (32KB)
MMT Looking like something out of Star Wars, this image of the MMT Telescope shows an impressive multiple laser beam used for adaptive optics. (May 21, 2006) (34KB)
Delta II rocket launch Photo of the night launch of the Phoenix Mars Mission on August 4, 2007. (82KB) This image was published on the website for the Phoenix Mars Mission. The image was designated by Astronomy Magazine as the "Picture of the Day" for August 8, 2007 and was published in the August 10, 2007 issue of the Astronomy Magazine Newsletter. Image taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel camera using a 300mm lens from Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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