Feb. 13 Meteor Fireball

Captured from NW to N of West Seattle. Reported to AMS.

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Poppy Kitty Playing in the Seattle Snow

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Jan. 19 Meteor Fireball

Caught this one on cameras in both Seattle and Mineral, WA and reported here and here.

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Video – Mt. Rainier Snownado

I setup my camera with a telephoto lens this afternoon to capture some lovely clouds blowing over the top of Mt. Rainier. I was dazzled by what I saw: a snow tornado whipping down the flanks of the giant, snow-covered volcano. Take a look! This is shot at one frame per second so, near as …

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Moon-Mars Conjunction Through Cloudy Seattle Skies

It was touch-and-go for a bit as I wasn’t sure the event would be visible for us tonight. Yesterday, at the last minute, I restored a used Meade ETX 90 telescope I bought and ordered a cellphone eyepiece mount to give this a go. And, although it won’t win any awards, I’m super pleased at …

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Fav-Photo-Per-Month: 2024

I snap tens of thousands of photos each year. For the last few years, I’ve made sure to ❤️ my favs as I take them or after some travel or an event. This is the first time I’ve culled them even further and is as selective as I’ve ever been. So, here goes! First up… …

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Blue Angels & More at Seattle’s 2024 Seafair

Though I didn’t intend it, the weekend turned into a bit of a Seafair photo-fest. See each day through my lens below. Thursday Practice day for the Blue Angels as they whiz around Seattle as seen from West Seattle. Friday Same view from West Seattle but more jets! Saturday Took our kiddo and my dad …

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Commercials Coming to a Prime Video Near You (Unless You Pony Up)

OK, we’re lobsters and we’re boiled. Y’all sure fooled, us, Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Disney, etc. But now people are noticing more than ever that bills for streaming services are piling up while seeing lower quality shows and movies (imo), disappeared content, and now commercials. If you hadn’t already heard, Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service will …

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DIY Food Container Lens Holder

One of the primary lenses I use with my Canon 80D needed a home when not in service. Lately we’ve been washing condiment and other plastic containers before recycling them and sometimes (the ones that don’t melt in the dishwasher) they come out so clean I keep a few for storing bits in my workshop. …

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Load Images Like a Champ with Progressive Loading

I recently looked for a simple solution to progressively load images over on my Handheld Computer Museum site but didn’t find anything that met that single criteria (given my JPGs weren’t setup as progressive themselves). 🙂 I whipped out techniques I thought might work like ye olde “lowsrc” <img> tag attribute to find out that’s …

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