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16 images Created 4 Jul 2018

Night-Sky Photography

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  • A full moon rises, behind clouds, above Round Mountain.
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  • Clouds catch a February sunset over Westcliffe and the Sangres, as stars begin to appear.
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  • Stars shine over Westcliffe and the Sangres on a moonlit night in early spring.
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  • A full moon sets behind the Sangres, early on a March morning.
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  • The Casita by the Bradburn's offers simple, elegant comfort on an amazing property.
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  • The Casita by the Bradburn's offers simple, elegant comfort on an amazing property.
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  • The Milky Way glows above La Hacienda de Smith on a summer evening.
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  • The Milky Way glows above La Hacienda de Smith on a summer evening.
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  • Stars and clouds rise from the orange glow of the Spring Creek fire, raging on more than 60,000 acres, some 30 miles south in Huerfano County.
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  • The Milky Way, airplanes and clouds pass over Jim Bradburn's 7-inch, state-of-the-art  observatory of his Rancho Bendito, north of Westcliffe, CO.
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  • The winter Milky Way and Orion set among high clouds over the Sangre de Cristos, as a clouded moonrise lights up the peaks. Presented at Art for the Sangres, as a 20x30 metal (aluminum panel) print with floating wall mount: $450.
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  • A couple years back, I rounded a bend on Oak Creek Grade, several miles from our Wet Mountain Valley home, to discover an interesting profile of Round Mountain. And I laughed. From a northwest angle, she resembles a prominent feature of human female anatomy. I made a few frames, but I found myself coming back to pair the crusty-topped dome with the right sky and season. Puffy clouds and reflected sunsets looked nice. But inspired by our Dark Sky community status, I figured the Milky Way was her perfect background. This past winter, I played with a night-sky simulator to learn the Milky Way would rise behind the peak on late-spring evenings. Moonrise/-set charts told me when a crescent or quarter moon would offer a gentle fill light. I set out on a June evening when the rising stars and setting moon coincided with a relatively clear sky and little wildfire smoke. My luck came in passing low clouds, a couple of airplanes flashing lights up high and some faint meteor streaks to form my Decisive (13-second) Moment.
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  • Comet Neowise a passing airplane and a meteor streak over the Mission at Mission Plaza.
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  • The Milky Way and a meteor shower streak across the sky above Silver Jack Reservoir on a smoky August night.
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  • The Milky Way spreads above the Historic Beckwith Ranch and Sangre de Cristo Range, a few miles north of Westcliffe, CO.
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  • The Historic Beckwith Ranch stands in the snow on a frigid evening beneath the stars, Milky Way, passing airplanes and a meteor shower.
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