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If the sky is clear, I'm outside.

Calculated the transit window and set up 10 minutes early. ISS crossed the moon in 0.4 seconds. Caught 4 frames.

ISS transit

Calculated the transit window and set up 10 minutes early. ISS crossed the moon in 0.4 seconds. Caught 4 frames.

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Polar bear cub

Polar bear cub

Svalbard expedition. A polar bear mother with two cubs on the sea ice.

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Flamingo sunrise

Flamingo sunrise

Thousands of flamingos taking off at dawn. The sky turned pink matching the birds.

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Family picnic

Family picnic

Sunday afternoon at Central Park. Three generations sharing lunch on a checkered blanket.

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Urban Milky Way

Urban Milky Way

Shot from my rooftop in Bortle 6. With a dual narrowband filter you can still pick up the core. Not bad for a city.

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M81 and M82 in the same frame. 3 hours of integration. The tidal streams between them are faint but there.

Deep sky first attempt

M81 and M82 in the same frame. 3 hours of integration. The tidal streams between them are faint but there.

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Lunar mosaic attempt

Lunar mosaic attempt

6 panels stitched in Photoshop. The Clavius crater region with all its terraced walls came out detailed.

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Hummingbird hover

Hummingbird hover

Hummingbird feeding at 1/8000s. Wings were a blur against a green background.

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