Anyway, no time for any picture processing, these shots are essentially straight off the camera (and reduced in size), so hope to have some really nice pictures soon. I took a whole bunch of them!
Sunset on Wednesday evening. Unfortunately this was a frustrating night for us. The clouds eventually cleared but it was too humid to open the dome, so despite seeing stars overhead there was little we could do.
Tonight I finally managed to take a picture of Gemini firing off its laser! The sky was so dark that it was a struggle to expose enough to actually see the dome, but the laser is pretty obvious! That's the UH 88-inch observatory to the right.
Finally, it was such a wonderfully dark night the Milky Way was obvious without much dark adaption at all, so I took a few photos that I'll work on in the next few days to see if I can get something nice to post. In any case, the Milky Way over Mauna Loa.Unfortunately I missed taking a photo of the stunning view of the moon and Venus setting tonight. The thin crescent moon was a deep red and Venus a noticeable orange as they sank behind the clouds in the Pacific.
4 comments:
Tom, I LOVE those pictures; I can almost say they are one of the best ones you have posted!
The sunset is amazing and the laser shooting incredibly cool.
I have not been able to gaze upon the sky and see Milky Way since about 12 years ago, on vacation in south Texas. I am not sure actually if it is possible to see it anywhere in the world? I have never seen it in Europe, perhaps as the city lights are always interfering.
Hope you will have a good weekend.;)
Beautiful pictures :). Enjoy your day off and keep looking toward that vacation...
These are so beautiful that I have to keep reminding myself they are real :)
All - thanks for the comments, really appreciated. Once the current upload finishes (on a dialup of course) you might prefer the latest pictures.
Getting to see the Milky Way is becoming harder and harder. You have to be in a remote place without city lights nearby - and then hope the sky is actually dark (the moon can really screw this up). Mountain ranges work so does being on an island in the middle of a huge ocean!
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