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I was at the Berkeley Waterfront to catch the 99.4% full moon setting behind the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge at 5:50 a.m. 30 Aug 2023. The fog was moving in fast as the moon set, and I feel very lucky to have caught it (I have tried a few times in the past and was always thwarted by fog or...

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF rising behind Yosemite Falls https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52685564588_b3858bc364_c.jpg I carried my astronomy/photography gear down a treacherous icy/snowy path to the banks of the Merced river in the Yosemite Valley with an incidental and thankfully brief bear meet and gr...

IC 4592 The Blue Horsehead Nebula and Comet K2 PanSTARRS 18 Aug 2022 13- 3 minute subs taken from Bortle 3 skies outside of Limon, Colorado. Imaging started at the end of astronomical twilight at 9:30 pm MDT. The comet was between 26 degrees and 21 degrees elevation. There were some high clouds. ZWO...

All 7 planets in our solar system are currently on the same side of the Sun in the predawn sky. On the morning of 25 June 2022 at 4:39 am I captured this scene along the beautiful west shore of Lake Tahoe, California. A thin crescent moon joined the planetary parade. With averted vision, I was able ...

tau-Herculid Meteor in Cygnus with the North American Nebula and the Sadr Region It wasn't the meteor storm of a lifetime but was still a decent show.   In the early morning of the 31st, after hiking around Pinnacles National Park shooting meteors over Bear Gulch Reservoir, and then shooting a Milky...

PLANETARY PARADE! I took a detour on my way to work this morning to grab a picture of the crescent moon rising above Alcatraz, with Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and finally, Saturn gracefully posing above the cables of the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Taken from Battery Spencer in the Marin Headl...

The Firefall event in Yosemite Valley each February has become quite popular, often drawing large crowds to witness Horsetail Fall resembling a stream of lava at sunset. People will be heard cheering and shouting as they view such an incredible spectacle. Less commonly, this event can also occur in ...

The Firefall event in Yosemite Valley each February has become quite popular, often drawing large crowds to witness Horsetail Fall resembling a stream of lava at sunset. People will be heard cheering and shouting as they view such a beautiful spectacle. Less commonly, this event can also occur in Oc...

Mercury and the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) taken from Northern California 3 May 2021 at 9:04 pm just after sunset
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Tara Mostofi

29 Dec 2020 from Danville, CA. The last full moon of 2020 and of the decade. It has definitely been a year unlike any other, but hopefully, we can ring in the new year with hope and joy. Here's to2021! Wishing you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! Canon 80D 1260mm focal length taken at a distance of 1800ft...

Wishing you all some witchy fun tonight! It's a rare blue moon on Halloween The last time this happened was 76 years ago, and it won't happen again until 2039! Exif: Skywatcher Evostar 72mm with 3x Barlow, Canon 80D, f17, ISO1600, 1/800s Planned with PhotoPills, edited in Lightroom. Picture taken 30...

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Full Moon rising with friends
6 May 2020
Danville, CA
Skywatcher Evostart 72mm with 3x Barlow 1/50s ISO 400 from a distance 1/3 mile away

Stay well everyone!