The Mittens, Merrick Butte, Car Headlights

Geraint May 13, 2019 4 Comments

The Mittens with Merrick Butte and car headlights. Monument Valley, Navajo country at night. Many aspects of the southwest are stunning. This scene, with headlights from a truck driven by a Monument Valley resident is encumbered by the light pollution from distant towns. Farmington NM, Bluff UT, Cortez CO and more illuminate the horizon. The bright foreground light is pollution from the hotel on the valley rim, formally occupied by a campground frequented by large groups of German tourists playing western movie tunes on boom boxes. Things change. Thanks for looking. G

Perseid Meteor Shower, Milky Way

Geraint August 18, 2018 No Comments

Perseid Meteor Shower, Milky Way. Well, one meteor on this particular night and we only saw five all told. I had used Mars to set the camera focus point when this resulting image occurred. The fireball at the lower end combines with Mars for an obliterating effect in its termination. The streak above to the right is caused by the flashing lights of an airplane. I had meant to post this image a few days ago after it happened. My apologies. Thanks for looking. G

Here’s another image from August 13, 2016.

https://geraintsmith.com/potd/pages/archive/august_16/aug_13_16.html

Landscape Of The Night, March Blue Moon

Geraint April 2, 2018 2 Comments

Landscape of the night. On March 31st, the full blue moon rose over the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the backdrop to our village of San Cristobal, NM. I love that we can step outside on any evening, look up to the sky and gaze on the shifting landscape of the night. Thanks for looking. G

White Bridge Over The Rio Grande

Geraint April 15, 2017 4 Comments

White Bridge. A car crosses the Taos Junction bridge over the Rio Grande, it’s headlights illuminate the girders with the Milky Way overhead. Here is the Bridge in Red illuminated by the tail lights of a vehicle. Both in the Orilla Verde Recreation Area, Pilar, New Mexico, and under the starry skies of the Milky Way.

Milky Way Over Cerro Pedernal, Abiquiu, New Mexico

Geraint January 4, 2017 No Comments

milkyway_cerro_pedernal_9969-7162260 — The Milky Way over Cerro Pedernal, “Georgia O’Keeffe’s Mountain” Abiquiu, New Mexico

Another Super Moon Rising

Geraint December 13, 2016 No Comments

super moon san cristobal nm — Another Super Moon rising over the Sangre de Cristo foothills in San Cristobal, NM

Crescent Moon Over San Cristobal, NM

Geraint November 2, 2016 No Comments

Milk Way Over The Anthill

Geraint October 29, 2016 2 Comments

Over the Anthill. The Milky Way glows bright in the October sky, and if I get far enough away from the light pollution (yes we have some here in northern New Mexico), even the landscape seems to reflect the light from the stars. The grains of the anthill excavation and the stars of our galaxy rotating in unison. And as my friend Colin says in the comments “I like the juxtaposition of the smallest of creatures against the vastness of space”. Me too! Thanks for looking. G

Hunter’s Moon, San Cristobal, NM

Geraint October 15, 2016 4 Comments

Crescent Moon

Geraint October 3, 2016 4 Comments

Crescent Moon waxing, San Cristobal, NM. We live on a slight rise with a view south, from east to west, and bordered on the north by the Kit Carson National Forest. The location is excellent for watching moon rises and moon sets, full moons and crescents. Here is a favorite view of this evening’s waxing crescent moon through the bare trees. G

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Tag: Night Photography