tiabunna's photos with the keyword: sky

Found across most of Australia, it was fairly common while inland to see circling flocks of Black Kites, such as this. They do this near food sources, such as carrion. Adult Black Kites have a wingspan of about 43 cm.

A great sky at Wollongong helped by a moist tropical airstream. In the midst of it, the local parachutists were doing a jump. How many can you count? (You may need to enlarge to see them).

Stitched image (8 shots) of the Milky Way Bow, looking west and covering from south to north. Somewhat more light pollution than I'd like (and a few local lights). See notes, then view large.

When I'd taken auroral images in the Antarctic long ago, I used a tripod (I had only very slow film). This time I had high ISO and a tripod, but shooting from the deck of a moving ship meant I should have used an even faster shutter. Well, it adds an interesting effect! :-) More images in PiPs, taken at various times on the trip. Explored. Family health issues will limit my involvement on ipernity, so my apologies if I do not respond to your comments or visit your images - I shall try to do so as far as possible.

I was very impressed the other night by the clear overhead view of Scorpio and Jupiter (see notes for details). Best viewed large on black.

Looking at the Southern Cross and the adjacent areas of the southern night sky - best viewed large (though first check the details in the Notes). Tonight I feel a Leonard Cohen link is appropriate, though the relevance may be less clear outside Australia.

Looking at the night sky up past Orion (those of you in the Northern Hemisphere would recognise this inverted), as clouds began to roll in and call a halt to proceedings. Details in notes and best viewed large. I know Pam would be interested in this.

Best viewed large (see also notes). Looking south with some cloud and lights across the water - a very similar viewpoint to my previous image.

The moon heading into eclipse, with Mars nearby. Taken shortly before moonset (in Eastern Australia). K1 in crop mode, HDR. Best viewed large on black

A clear sky and a bright moon made an irresistible combination. Here's a matching musical link.

It was just too hard to resist a fairly clear sky (some low cloud at left horizon) and a new moon. This covers about 180 degrees (stitched panorama). The local town throws up some light at the right. Needs to be viewed large. EDIT: I've now edited and replaced this with a different projection.

Six stitched images (vertical format) were needed to make this (about 180 degree) panorama of the Milky Way. In the middle of the bow are the Magellanic Clouds, two small satellite galaxies. Out on the right, a little evening mist is beginning to cover the lights of the local town. One to view large, maybe while listening to this. Explored.

It's Monday and I was prompted by the music to post this image. A well known song, but two tracks on this link - start at 5.25. I'd suggest large and loud. :-) Explored.

Tonight's much hyped "Super blue blood moon", as it disappeared into eclipse, a collation of images. We were lucky that the cloud cleared just as the eclipse began. For those wanting EXIF details, the lower right image was taken at f11, 1/125 and ISO 400; the middle image at f8, 1/100 and ISO 800; the top left image at f5.6, 1/40 and ISO 3200. The camera is a Pentax K-1. Explored.

The brighter trail is the International Space Station, as it dims when heading into the earth's shadow. Viewed large it may be possible to see the trails of five other satellites. Those two light blurs are the Magellanic Clouds, themselves small satellite galaxies to the Milky Way.

Looking up into the Milky Way, again through Scorpio but a dark sky and without the moon (see my earlier image). This is a stitched panorama of two images. What fascinated me, on viewing it, is that no fewer than five satellites/space junk items have left trails. Only one shows here (you'll need to view large), just above and left of Antares and slightly below the centre.

Taking a break in my China series to post this image from last night of the Space Station (ISS) passing directly overhead, just past the moon and through Scorpio. Best to view large on black, there's also a note.

From the heavens-above.com website I found that two Iridium satellites were to pass over us through the Southern Cross constellation. I wonder if this would be called a "double crossing"? :-) The third satellite was an unexpected bonus. One to view large.