Sunset Transit Photo

Transit of Venus at Sunset over the Rocky Mountains

  Been working on a couple of photos now that I'm mostly done with my video of the transit.  This is one I really like of the Sun right before setting over the Rocky Mountains.  I was so happy that the sky stayed clear enough to see the Sun on the horizon.

  Also, this is in a pretty remarkable set of photos on the Astronomy Picture of the Day Venus Transit Gallery.

Eclipse Part II

The Annular Solar Eclipse begins above New Castle, Colorado. 

The Solar Eclipse of May 20, 2012 

The Eclipsing Sun Shines through Clouds above Colorado

Solar Eclipse Near Maximum

The Eclipsed Setting Sun finds a clear spot in the sky

The Sun Setting and Ending a Fantastic Eclipse

Annular Solar Eclipse Video

Caribou Sunset

I forgot to include a picture of the sunset we were fortunate enough to witness before the cold drizzle sent us hunkering in to the tent and I proceeded to receive a brutal shellacking at Scrabble.

At least the pre-game and post-game experience balanced out being on the wrong end of fifty point words...

Also, GO BUCKS!!!