Blue Moon

 

Moon imaged using a 70mm Celestron refractor telescope, eyepiece projection and an iphone. Image credit: Jasmine Roberts

The Moon over a misty Blythburgh Mere. Compilation image using iphone with integral lens and a telescope for Moon's disc. Image credit: Jasmine Roberts

'At the eyepiece' Image credit Chrissy Roberts

The Blue Super Moon was 'rocking a look over' Blythburgh last night.  There is no better fun than going out at night and looking up at the sky. Just above the Moon was the ringed planet Saturn.

Get Tanked up with Syd Carp No2 - Salt & Pepper Corydoras

 

"These 'friendly little fellows' help to keep a tropical freshwater aquarian clean. An interesting little fish that has evolved to absorb oxygen directly and so can be seen rising to the surface to take a gulp of air. They feed from the bottom so require a tank with a reasonable floor area and a substrate free from sharps, which could otherwise damage their barbels. They are best kept in small groups and larger aquaria with planting." Syd

Dungeness Nights

 

Dungeness Nights compilation image iphone and Canon 600d DSLR - Kurt Thrust on Holiday in the desirable south-east.

Our old friend Kurt Thrust took his bucket and spade on holiday to the breezy south coast.  He spotted gulls, Canada geese and two Kiwis. A fine time was had by all!

With added lamplight

Auroral Crown

 

Single 5 second RAW exposure at f=35mm and ISO1600 taken with a fixed tripod mounted Canon 600d DSLR.

After a successful night photographing the Aurora over the harbour in Reykjavik in 2017, we looked up to see streams of charged atoms falling vertically towards us under the influence of the Earth's magnetic field. We were looking up into the auroral crown. Prior to the availability of artificial intelligent software for image processing, I was unable to present an image that reflected the reality of our jaw dropping experience. I have used Starnet GUI, Topaz Denoise AI, Affinity Photo 2 and Images Plus to obtain the above result which gives some idea of the fantastic visual experience you get from being directly under an auroral crown.  

Weird developments in science No1 - "The Large Padron Collider"

 

A breakthrough in the search for WIMPS (weakly interacting massive peppers) has been recorded at CERN.

Safely Home

 

'Safely Home' giclee print from an original print and collage
by Ray Finch Architect and Artist 1946-2023.

Ray Finch was a friend and colleague. He was a gifted and talented man but best of all chose to be a kind, good and decent human being. In the words of the minister at his funeral " He lived well and died well". Rest in peace with your King Ray.

Reykjavik Reprise

 

Re-worked two photographs taken in Reykjavik a couple of years ago BC (Before Covid) to create the above single image composite. The green Aurora can be seen taking on the blue John Lennon Peace Laser beacon and in my opinion winning hands down! I have to say this auroral display rather puts to shame the faint wisps of it that we saw over Lowestoft one evening in February this year.