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A shadow on the moon

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The moon, slowly being covered by Earth's shadow

I set up on the deck last night for an hour or so to get the lunar eclipse.

Full size (about 7MB)

The images in the panora­ma above were tak­en at 2‑minute inter­vals (with occa­sion­al adjust­ment to the cam­er­a’s aim). They’re all 250mm, f/5.6, and either 1/100s, ISO 100 (the cres­cents) or 1s, 200 ISO (the rud­dy disks).

Since I was already out there, and the sky was clear, I set up my 2nd cam­era, point­ing straight up, to get some star trails. (And satel­lite tracks aplen­ty, some irid­i­um flares, and maybe a very small mete­or or two.)

Star trails, as seen from my deck

This one’s made up of ~630 images, each 11mm, f/2.8, 5s. (I did­n’t check the ISO on these, but I’d guess it’s in the 100–400 range.)

A week’s vacation

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Blurred poplar trees

First I went on a three-day guys’ trip with a cou­ple gents I’ve known for 35 years and count­ing[1]Not sure how that’s pos­si­ble and then I joined my mom, my sis­ter, my broth­er-in-law, my niece, and my dar­ling wife for the rest of the week.

Con­tin­ue read­ing “A week’s vaca­tion” →

Foot­notes

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↑1 Not sure how that’s possible

The neighbourhood at twilight

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New leaves against the twilight sky

Update: ha ha, whoops, I used the wrong word. It was­n’t twi­light, because the sun was still above the hori­zon. I sup­pose it was more like evening’s gold­en hour.

I’m leav­ing the title, though, and the URL. So it goes.

I grabbed my cam­era and went for a short walk just as the sun was going down.

Evergreen lit by the sunset
Buds on a shrub
A cloud in the twilight sky
A running rabbit
A silver sphere in a small garden

Series: Bike Ride Photos

The entire series: Down by the riv­er; Bike ride birds; The ex-gar­den and the weir; Snap­shots of a ride; Across Town; Black­bird; North Hill cam­pus; Lilacs and coun­try roads; A pop of colour; Back lane flow­ers; More Breniz­ers; The riv­er is high; A bird and a reflec­tion; Rideau Park; Writ­ing Retreat 2020, Day 7; Writ­ing Retreat 2020: The Num­bers; Storm dam­age, sun­flow­ers; Eleanor Kidd gar­dens; Scenes from today’s ride; All right, autumn can be pret­ty; Bike ride, April 10, 2021; Bike ride wildlife; Bike ride, May 16, 2021; Some flow­ers for you; Lilacs; Under the bridge; A fence, a tree, and the sky; Tur­tle Cross­ing; Ceme­tery crit­ters; On Reflec­tion; Week­end rides; Upon Reflec­tion; Deer and paparazzi; Sep­tem­ber Bike Ride; Corn & Sun­set; On Reflec­tion: Oct. 1st; Autumn Trees; A bit of graf­fi­ti; Novem­ber bike ride; Geese; Day 30; Quack quack; Skin­ny deer; Mon­day bike ride; Sat­ur­day snaps; Deer + Flow­ers; Bike Ride — July 17, 2022; The mead­ow; It seems to be autumn; Por­tal fan­ta­sy; Sla­va Ukrai­ni; Writ­ing Retreat 2023: Thurs­day bike ride; Bike Ride, May 20, 2024; Shy; Cana­da Day ride; A long ride; Cook­ie Ride redux; Writ­ing Retreat 2024: 6; Writ­ing Retreat 2024: The End; Bike Ride, Sep. 22, 2024; Today’s Ride — Oct. 6, 2024; Souris Val­ley; Bike Ride Pho­tos — May 19, 2025; Bike ride, May 24; Art in the trees; Bike Ride Pho­tos, May 10, 2026; The neigh­bour­hood at twi­light.

Bike Ride Photos, May 10, 2026

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A tree decorated with a grinning face

On Sun­day, I took my cam­era on a 30km bike ride, and got a few photos.

A goose on the side of a grassy hill
A 23-image panorama taken facing east from the 1st Street Bridge

Series: Bike Ride Photos

The entire series: Down by the riv­er; Bike ride birds; The ex-gar­den and the weir; Snap­shots of a ride; Across Town; Black­bird; North Hill cam­pus; Lilacs and coun­try roads; A pop of colour; Back lane flow­ers; More Breniz­ers; The riv­er is high; A bird and a reflec­tion; Rideau Park; Writ­ing Retreat 2020, Day 7; Writ­ing Retreat 2020: The Num­bers; Storm dam­age, sun­flow­ers; Eleanor Kidd gar­dens; Scenes from today’s ride; All right, autumn can be pret­ty; Bike ride, April 10, 2021; Bike ride wildlife; Bike ride, May 16, 2021; Some flow­ers for you; Lilacs; Under the bridge; A fence, a tree, and the sky; Tur­tle Cross­ing; Ceme­tery crit­ters; On Reflec­tion; Week­end rides; Upon Reflec­tion; Deer and paparazzi; Sep­tem­ber Bike Ride; Corn & Sun­set; On Reflec­tion: Oct. 1st; Autumn Trees; A bit of graf­fi­ti; Novem­ber bike ride; Geese; Day 30; Quack quack; Skin­ny deer; Mon­day bike ride; Sat­ur­day snaps; Deer + Flow­ers; Bike Ride — July 17, 2022; The mead­ow; It seems to be autumn; Por­tal fan­ta­sy; Sla­va Ukrai­ni; Writ­ing Retreat 2023: Thurs­day bike ride; Bike Ride, May 20, 2024; Shy; Cana­da Day ride; A long ride; Cook­ie Ride redux; Writ­ing Retreat 2024: 6; Writ­ing Retreat 2024: The End; Bike Ride, Sep. 22, 2024; Today’s Ride — Oct. 6, 2024; Souris Val­ley; Bike Ride Pho­tos — May 19, 2025; Bike ride, May 24; Art in the trees; Bike Ride Pho­tos, May 10, 2026; The neigh­bour­hood at twi­light.

Artemis II images

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"Earthset"—the Earth setting behind the moon, taken by the astronauts aboard Integrity during the Artemis II mission.

This is large­ly a “note to self” post, but oth­ers might be inter­est­ed too: NASA has a gallery on their web­site ded­i­cat­ed to images from Artemis II’s lunar fly­by.

Here’s the full text from the “Earth­set” image above:

Earth­set cap­tured through the Ori­on space­craft win­dow at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, dur­ing the Artemis II crew’s fly­by of the Moon. A mut­ed blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar sur­face. The dark por­tion of Earth is expe­ri­enc­ing night­time. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are vis­i­ble over the Aus­tralia and Ocea­nia region. In the fore­ground, Ohm crater has ter­raced edges and a flat floor inter­rupt­ed by cen­tral peaks. Cen­tral peaks form in com­plex craters when the lunar sur­face, liq­ue­fied on impact, splash­es upwards dur­ing the crater’s formation.

Image Cred­it: NASA

You can down­load this and oth­er high-res­o­lu­tion Artemis II images from the gallery.