Sun/Moon/ISS
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Space Station at Sunrise
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A rare glimpse of the International Space Station crossing in front of the sun at the precise moment of sunrise. Here, the sun emerges behind.a prominent radio tower atop Sandia Crest, just west of Albuquerque, NM.
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A Tale of Two Eclipses
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Dual eclipse of the sun by the moon and International Space Station during the Great American Solar Eclipse of 8/21/2017.
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Out of the Darkness
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A view of the still-sunlit Internation Space Station crossing in front of a perfect half moon just after dusk on 1/24/2018.
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Out of the Darkness (long format)
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A view of the still-sunlit Internation Space Station crossing in front of a perfect half moon just after dusk on 1/24/2018.
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Out of the Darkness (short format)
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A view of the still-sunlit Internation Space Station crossing in front of a perfect half moon just after dusk on 1/24/2018.
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Trifecta at Twilight
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The sunlit International Space Station passes in front of the moon just before sunrise over northern New Mexico. Meanwhile, the planet Mars slowly meanders away from the moon's dark side, having reemerged into view from behind its outer fringes moments earlier.
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Spaceships on a Cloudy Day
An image of the International Space Station crossing in front of the sun 300 miles above Edgewood, NM, on 8/5/17. Intervening clouds provide some nice texture to the otherwise quite uniform luminosity of the sun, spare one lone sunspot just above the ISS trajectory.
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Totality and Earthshine HDR
An HDR composite of totality during the Great American Solar Eclipse on 8/21/2017. The lunar surface appears in this image due to its dim illumination by the day-side of the Earth.
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Totality HDR
An HDR composite of totality during the Great American Solar Eclipse on 8/21/2017. The moon appears in silhouette in this composition.
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Burning Ring of Fire
Image of the sun's chromosphere, including multiple solar prominences, during the last seconds of totality during the Great American Solar Eclipse of 8/21/2017.
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Baily's Beads Over Wyoming
Image of the sun's chromosphere and a few glimmers of its blindingly bright photosphere peaking between several lunar craters ("Baily's Beads"), marking the end of totality during the Great American Solar Eclipse of 8/21/2017.
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Moonrise over the Sandias
Image of the 12/3/2017 supermoon emerging over Sandia Crest, part of the Sandia Mountain range near Albuquerque, NM. A prominent radio tower atop the mountain (above 10,000 feet elevation) appears in silhouette.
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Ascent
The waning gibbous moon rising behind the apex of the iconic Sandia Peak Tramway, the longest aerial tram in the United States and a major attraction for visitors to New Mexico. Captured on 11/26/18 using a 1300mm f/13 Mak-Cas telescope coupled to a Nikon D500 (2000+mm effective focal length!). My position was about 5 miles away from the tram house and about 3,000 feet below it.
Earth, Sky, and Space
An HDR composite of the 2018 New Years supermoon emerging from behind a cloud bank over the Sandia Mountain Range near Albuquerque, NM.
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