You never realize just how often clouds are around until you want to look up.
I remember once in high school there was a super long and cool meteor shower at like 2 or 3 am. on a school night. My parents let me skip school the next day, and my friend stayed over, and we stayed up all night to see it. Core memory unlocked that night.
Did that unlock some kind of interest as well? Like astronomy or space or science in general or something else?
I really like astrophotography but I don’t have the money to do it. At a minimum, I would need to buy a star tracker mount for my camera and then get stacking programs, but those pictures won’t be very good. For a good setup for astro, you need a telescope, a mount to fit your camera on, and other stuff.
It did help me get into other types of photography like macro.
Cool ☺️ Pivotal event!
I respect your respect for astrophotography and I just wanted to say that you can still get some really amazing shots (albeit not super close-up). I’ve made a series of wonderful astrophotography time lapses with just my Sony mirrorless and a tripod and patience.
I’m sure you’re probably aware but just wanted to say :)
Sadly they became an investment banker
These are the consequences of using the cloud for everything!
Regular stars are cool too so I check whenever I’m outside at night
In case you weren’t aware that he’s a Seattleite.
God, is this true. Missed both the eclipse and the aurora borealis to clouds. The thing is that the other days were sunny.
You couldn’t even tell it was happening. Fully overcast.
About 5 years ago my wife and I went to Bryce Canyon. The area around there is fairly secluded with few people living there, thus there’s little light pollution. As a result, the area is well known for it’s night sky, as you can see more stars there than just about anywhere else in the continental US. Anyway, guess what we saw when we were there.
Two people fucking
Rocks?
Doesn’t a lunar eclipse happen way more often?
Yes they do happen far more often than solar.
Same with meteor showers lol
Yes, this is called living in the pacific northwest ;D
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