Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Glorious skies

This is my collection of scenic and astronomical images that I think you will enjoy.

The astronomy images reflect my recent interest in cosmology and deep space. If I were thirty years younger, I no doubt would have purchased a back yard telescope and camera. I’m smarter now, and I spend my money to rent time on research-grade telescopes, using the facilities of LightBuckets located in the high country of southwest New Mexico. There, the skies are blacker and clearer than in any back yard of mine. The telescopes are equipped with sensitive CCD cameras to gather the light from nebula, galaxy, or other objects of interest in the skies.