Art by Marian Murdoch
The darkest sunspot, the one at the two-o’clock position, is four times the size of the Earth. Sure brings home how truly massive our sun really is!!! I photographed this with my 300mm lens at 1/500 sec, f/16, 100 ISO. Solar filter attached. False color added.
We get weird clouds here in Ridgecrest sometimes…
Kelvin–Helmholtz clouds half an hour ago. I’ve always wanted to capture these clouds, but have yet to get the classic wave shape. These are close, but not the holy grail I’ve been hoping for.
Jim called me from work and told me to go outside immediately.
Scottsdale was a quick stopover and the weather changed by the second.
Jim and I were just coming home from dinner when we saw people looking to the sky.
Want to get the full idea as to how large the sun really is?
There’s a forest fire burning nearby, and the smoke is creating a jaw dropping sunset.
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