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Astrophotography in the Sonoran desert

Spent the weekend out in the middle of nowhere, and stayed up way too late. But, it was all worth it. I got this amazing shot of chimney Rock with the galactic core and the tail end of the meteor shower captured in a single 30 second exposure. Look behind the Rock, to the left and the right, and... read more

old poem I like!

“When the Moon Waits for the Sun” "They call it an eclipse, as if it were only science— a passing shadow, a brief alignment of obedient skies. But they do not know what the heavens hide. They do not know that the Moon has counted centuries the way a girl counts hours before seeing the one she... read more

Meteor

Found this diamond while scrubbing my images of Messier 53. I happened to catch a meteor streaking in from the top, flaring twice, and then burning out.

The cliff remembers ( 🫪🎉 )

ooh, the cliff remembers ooh ooh I sat above a cliff alone, counting the falling fire of a meteor shower, while voices gathered behind me like a distant tide of people watching the same sky, yet not seeing what I saw. I wondered— why were you crying under a sky that burned so beautifully? and... read more

Thy little earth

Thy Little Earth Thy little Earth, you were never my blue dwarf star yet you held me gently through the fragile years of becoming. In my youth, you were everything: the sky I reached for, the ground that knew my name, the quiet witness to dreams too large for a small, spinning world. But... (edited) read more

I think it's time

It's time for a meteor to hit this planet.