Category: Astronomy

Views of the sun, moon, and stars

Thursday Ago (24-July-2014) — At Sea. 

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 54: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Gulf of Finland.

Ship Passing Under Electric Blue Noctilucent Clouds on the Gulf of Finland. Early morning from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC 2014.

Noctilucent Clouds over the Gulf of Finland. Image taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). (David J Mathre)
Noctilucent Clouds over the Gulf of Finland. Image taken with a Fuji XT1 camera and 23 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec). (David J Mathre)

Saturday (05-July-2014) — Scotland

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 35: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Glasgow, Scotland.

Seagull, Statue, and Sunburst in Glasgow Central Square. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC.

Seagull, Statue, and Sunburst in Glasgow Central Square. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Seagull, Statue, and Sunburst in Glasgow Central Square. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/16, 1/2000 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

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Thursday (03-July-2014) — At Sea

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 33: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. At. Sea.

Sunrise on the Bay of Biscay from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/8, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC.

Sunrise on the Bay of Biscay from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/8, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Sunrise on the Bay of Biscay from the Deck of the MV Explorer. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/8, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Sunday (06-April-2014) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Turkey Vulture Soaring Under a Spring Moon. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 140, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec).

Turkey Vulture Soaring Under a Spring Moon. Backyard Spring Nature in New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 140, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec). (David J Mathre)
Turkey Vulture Soaring Under a Spring Moon. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 140, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 sec). (David J Mathre)

For an earlier version of a Turkey Vulture flying past the moon check out (24-February-2007)

One-Year Ago (14-February-2013) — Norway

Gone to See Norway 2013 Chasing the Northern Lights. Day 17: Tromsø.

Northern Lights in Norway. The entire sky just exploded just after midnight on Valentines day. My fisheye lens was not wide enough to capture it all!!!. Images taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 3200, 16 mm, f/2.8, 2 sec).