gene.mcgill95: Committed to departure.
gene.mcgill95: Are they feathers? Are they plates of armor?
gene.mcgill95: Asymetric landing gear retraction.
gene.mcgill95: Lake effect clouds forming over partially frozen Blue Mesa Reservoir. Air temperature here was about 5F. Note the frost on the sage brush, deposited by those clouds. This five frame pano is roughly 150 degrees of view.
gene.mcgill95: CDOT snowplow driving south on the recently-repaired Middle Bridge over Blue Mesa Reservoir. The lake effect fog is due to the 5 degree F air flowing over the still-unfrozen reservoir. Monochrome SOOC with modest cropping.
gene.mcgill95: MV Columbia approaching its dock in Auke Bay, Alaska in the rain at about 2AM.
gene.mcgill95: Hold onto your hat and your loved ones: MV Fairweather is speeding through Peril Strait, Alaska.
gene.mcgill95: Feeling the speed on the MV Fairweather between Juneau and Sitka.
gene.mcgill95: Mount Wrangell, about 40 miles distant, from Willow Lake on the Richardson Highway.
gene.mcgill95: This closer view of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas shows the faint anti-tail.
gene.mcgill95: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Western Colorado.
gene.mcgill95: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Western Colorado. Venus is partially obscured by cloud in the lower left. Moonlight illuminates the ground in the middle distance.
gene.mcgill95: Monochrome supercell.
gene.mcgill95: Supercell
gene.mcgill95: Lightning strike on the south side of Grand Mesa.
gene.mcgill95: Lightning strike on the south side of Grand Mesa.
gene.mcgill95: Lightning and shelf cloud over Western Colorado.
gene.mcgill95: Lightning strike on the south side of Grand Mesa.
gene.mcgill95: Milky Way and a meteor over Sunshine Mountain and Wilson Peak. A waning crescent moon is illuminating the peaks.
gene.mcgill95: Milky Way over the Dallas Divide. A bright meteor appears above and to the right of Mount Sneffels.
gene.mcgill95: Developing cumulus above Grand Mesa.
gene.mcgill95: A fisheye view of the Wilson Group from the Last Dollar road. Nice performance from the old Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/3.5 (shot at f/5.6).
gene.mcgill95: Milky Way over the Dallas Divide. Shot at f/2.8. The Nikkor 28mm f/2.0 Ai-S performs quite well on the modern camera.
gene.mcgill95: Dew-kissed lupine.
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gene.mcgill95: Ripple and Reflection.
gene.mcgill95: Looking west along the boundary between not storm and storm.
gene.mcgill95: Panorama of a very active thunderstorm over the south side of Grand Mesa.
gene.mcgill95: Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, WA.