On October 15th, we drove to McCormicks Creek State Park to have lunch and walk for an hour in rapidly turning fall foliage. All pictures can be clicked to load very high resolution image. Camera was the Pentax K5, with Sigma DG 28-300mm 1:3.5-6.3 lens The waterfall in the canyon, the most visited point in the park, was… Read More »
Morning of October 13th, the moon is two days new and gone, but Mercury is prominent in the east, low on the horizon. In the picture below, from top down, Regulus, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and in the notch between the trees, Mercury bright and obvious. This was taken about a half hour before dawn, twilight already in progress.… Read More »
October 11, just before dawn, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, a very old crescent Moon, and Mercury were visible in the east, despite the hazy layers of clouds low on the horizon. Carol and I walked to top of the ridge south of the house, along the golf course cart path that runs East to West along the ridge. By… Read More »