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1/16/15: Zodiacal Light and Comet Lovejoy from Guanella Pass

I processed a few more image sequences of Comet Lovejoy from last night’s shoot up on Guanella Pass. It is a long-period comet and is on its way out now; it will presumably continue to […]

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1/15/15: Comet Lovejoy imaged at Guanella Pass, CO (10,800′ MSL)

One quick one from tonight’s trip up to the closure point of Guanella Pass at 10,800′ MSL. Pretty dark and cold up there, and for some reason the image looks quite a bit different than […]

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1/15/15: Comet Lovejoy over Golden, CO

Tonight was finally clear enough to try and image Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) from the light-polluted western metro area. The comet is currently visible high in the southern sky after the sun sets, and can […]

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12/9/14: Some bike pics

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11/7/14: TerraLapse sunrise over Golden, CO

This morning’s standing wave cloud over the Front Range provided quite a show during sunrise. Images are time-lapse composites ranging from 4 to 7 minutes effective exposure time.             And […]

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10/29/14: International Space Station crosses Crescent Moon

Tonight at 6:23 PM, the International Space Station’s path took it across the crescent moon from our vantage point here in Golden, Colorado.        

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10/19/14: NICA Colorado State Championship Race #4, Eagle, CO

After winning the first two races and taking a podium spot for the third race of the 2014 Colorado MTB League season, Reade went into today’s final State Championship race one point ahead of his […]

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7/7/14: Frontal Squall (timelapse)

Tonight’s passage of the front over Golden provided quite an amazing show due to the ample humidity, providing spectacular lightning and cumulonimbus clouds that rapidly changed from moment to moment. If you didn’t get to […]

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7/5/14: Conjunction of Moon and Mars

If you’re out and about tonight, take a quick gander up at the moon, and you’ll notice that the orange-red planet Mars is quite close to tonight’s half-moon, while the bluish star Spica can be […]

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5/7/14: The sky is angry today…

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4/15/14: Lunar Eclipse over Golden, Colorado

Now, I like a good lunar eclipse as much as the next astrophotography-loving guy, but I have to admit that I’m not dedicated enough to sit up all night in 30-degree weather to capture one. […]

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4/3/14: Anatomy of a TerraLapse image

So some are wondering how I’ve been capturing such long exposures in a single image, and I’m here to tell you that it takes a bit of effort, let alone some pretty serious CPU muscle […]