Lush Life

Pura Vida! The sun shines on Costa Rica as we approached Cano Negro, several Thursdays past.

Weekly Photo Challenge – Contrasts

(Two images) The sun and the moon – two universal contrasts. The better the contrast on the moon, the better the view. The sun photograph was taken with a solar filter on my telescope, which acted as my camera’s lens.

To see other interpretations of Contrasts, visit the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge here.

Blossoms in a Setting Sun

A view of Bradford Pear tree blossoms in the setting sunlight.

Setting Sun Trail

We live on a road called “Setting Sun Trail,” and the name is well deserved.

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour

These pictures were taken at St. Marks Refuge during the magical Golden Hour, I love how the glowing light reflects off the water. (Two pictures)

To see other Golden Hour entries, visit the Daily Post at: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/the-golden-hour/.

All Things Grow with Love

… and sunshine, of course! Alas, it’s pouring rain again here in Tallahassee, Florida, so I have some free time to go through some photographs. That’s a good thing, as Martha (Stewart) would say. 😉

Sunspots Galore

Thanks to Andrew for the heads-up about the solar activity and sunspots, including a massive one!

Sunspots! Sunspots!

Lots of solar activity today, numerous spots viewed while taking pictures using my camera, telescope, and solar filter.

The Traveling Sun Spot

I viewed the sun at three different times today, and each time this glorious orb gave much to see. Following are pics from the second and third viewings (using my telescope, camera, and solar filter). Click the pictures to see the descriptions and all of the sun spots!

This first set of photographs was taken around 2:30 p.m. 3/30/13.

The “monster” spot has traveled since earlier this morning (see earlier post).

Note in the lower left quadrant another monster spot/flare.

This same spot/flare appears in this photograph, too, and then disappears.

Now we’re into early evening, around 5:30 p.m. Look how far the spot has traveled now!

This is the view with the doubler attached (this has not been cropped). Note how the sun spots have traveled again.

The monster spot is quite visible and very active.

Finally! A flare coming off of the sun.

Monster Sun Spot!

Lots of solar activity today, including a monster sun spot!

This photo was taken with a 2x “doubler” so this picture is not cropped! Looks much more impressive through the eyepiece, in this case, my camera.