Astrophotography
« Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. »
- Frank Lloyd Wright (American Architect 1867-1959)
Browse a selection of my Astrophotography work here using the table of contents to the right (below on mobile), or browse more specific portfolios in the Nature, Events, or History tabs found at the top of the website
Jupiter seen behind the Moon on the evening of February 22, 2022.
The Moon here is a mere 374,927 kilometers from the Earth (the observer), while the 11 pixel wide dot to the right, Jupiter, is a whopping 871,556,472 kilometers away.
For reference, the Moon only has a diameter of 3,475 kilometers, representing 0.0092% of the distance between the Earth and the Moon, or 0.0000039% of the distance to Jupiter.
And just for fun, Jupiter is 143,000 kilometers across, making its diameter 38% of the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
"The old Moon in the new Moon's arms"
Earthlight seen on the 25th of December 2022.
Light reflecting off of the Earth from the Sun travels to the Moon and returns to the Earth as a form of planetshine, this has 0.01% the radiance of sunlight.
Hawai'i
« From astronomy we find the east, west, south, and north, as well as the theory of the heavens, the equinox, solstice, and courses of the stars. »
- Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Roman Architect & Engineer ~80-25 BCE)
« It's hard to tell the story if you don't have a stunning image to back it up. »
- Ray Villard (Hubble Space Telescope public relations director)
Caprock Canyon State Park, Texas
Pedernales River, Texas
« Observe the light and consider its beauty. Blink your eye and look at it. That which you see was not there at first, and that which was there is there no more. »
- Leonardo Da Vinci (Italian Polymath 1452-1519)
Hill Country State Natural Area
El Malpais, New Mexico
« Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. »
- John Muir (Scottish-American Naturalist 1838-1914)
Franklin Mountains State Park
