Sunset mish-mash 12_23_20

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Jabo

This evening’s sunset, a lunar close-up and a coyote close by.

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Christmas finch 12_22_20

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Jabo

Hanging out in the lights in our portal, keepin’ warm and pooping up a storm on our stoop.

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Winter solstice conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn 12_21_20

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Jabo

Jupiter is the larger, brighter object. Next conjunction this close will be in about 375 years. Can’t wait!

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Sunset 12_20_20

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Jabo

Nice sunset brings nature’s Christmas lights to the Sangre de Cristos. And an almost quarter moon up in the pink clouds.

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Sunset 12_18_20

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Jabo
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Moon and planets 12_16_20

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Jabo

Saturn, Jupiter and the waxing crescent moon (in descending order). The two planets will be the closest to each other (called a conjunction) on the Winter solstice, December 21st. It will be another 60 years before they are this near to each other. So get out and look up!

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Sunset 12_14_20

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Jabo

Nice altocumulus clouds at sunset on a very frigid day (didn’t get much above freezing).

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Timelapse clouds

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Jabo

Quick moving storm clouds over the Sange de Cristos today. Each segment represents about 10 and a half minutes. Looks like the mountains got some snow, yay!

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December 2nd storm

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Jabo

4.5 inches this morning and cooooold temps. It’s very welcome moisture during this drought. The mountains were roiling with clouds and that made for some interesting timelapses.

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Full Moon Risin’ 11_30_20

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Jabo

OK… this is the actual full moon (the Full Beaver Moon actually). I thought it was yesterday and thanks to other posts on the web, I realized I’m not good at details like reading calendars correctly. Why so many moon photos? Why not… what else I gotta do during lock down except work on my moontan?

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