10 October 2024
I've longed for clear skies when aurora borealis has been forecasted for my area since May of 2024, when I caught my first glimpse of very pale pink in the night sky. We finally enjoyed full-fledged northern lights in October of last year. Best night of my life!
1 June 2025
We've had many chances during this solar maximum for the last 13 months. On the best viewing nights, however, we're either overcast (of which I can't complain because we need the rain) and/or Lizard isn't up for a road trip to break free from cloud cover.
1 June 2025
Areas outside Denver's obnoxious light pollution got amazing views Sunday night. Some areas enjoyed dancing colors in the sky Saturday night, too. I couldn't see even faint color, thanks to Denver city lights.
31 May 2025
On a whim, I decided to see if my cell phone could pick up the Milky Way. I'd tried back in 2018 with a real camera, and light pollution pretty much killed that attempt. It was fun to reminisce that night with Lizard. That was a week before his Parkinson's diagnosis. We knew something was wrong, but we didn't know yet what. We were trying to make the best of it, just in case the diagnosis turned out to be ALS.
11 August 2018
I'd forgotten to take a real camera with me this time. All I had was my cell phone. I tried a couple of shots, then came home to heavily edit them. I couldn't believe how awesome the shot turned out, even though it needed a ton of manipulation and isn't the clearest or best Milky Way shot. It turned my night of disappointment into the most giddy feeling I've had since the October northern lights!
1 June 2025
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