7/24/17 – Moon over Laird

I knew that the moon and Mercury would be fairly close together after sunset this night. I had a couple of thoughts of where to shoot, but once I saw the elevation of the two bodies, I had to quickly change plans. I drove out to the Laird elevator, west of Ness City, hoping that there would be a vantage point. The road just east of the elevator was perfect for this. The following series follows the moon as it set. After the moon “touched” the railing, I moved down the road a ways.. This allowed me to capture the moon between the elevators. I included one photo with Mercury; unfortunately the planet wasn’t in a good position most of the evening.

9:28 pm, ~ 1/2 hour post sunset

9:40 pm

9:41 pm

9:42 pm

9:44 pm

9:45 pm

9:48 pm

9:50 pm

9:50 pm, with Mercury in the upper left

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Rob Graham

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June 25, 2017 – Evolution of a sunrise

I knew storms would be passing through Ness County overnight, and hoped that the clouds would still be around at sunrise. I went east of Ness County shortly before sunrise to a wheat field that hadn’t been cut. At first, I wasn’t that impressed with the potential for a good sunrise because the cloud cover didn’t look promising. However, there were some gaps, so I waited. In the following series of photos, I show how the sunrise evolved from 15 minutes before sunrise to 25 minutes after sunrise, changing from uninspiring to glorious in that 40 minute span. The last photo was taken a few minutes after that but facing west.

6:02 AM, 15 minutes before sunrise looking south east.

6:06 AM, looking north east

6:30 AM, 13 minutes after sunrise.

6:32 AM

6:35 AM

6:36 AM

6:37 AM

6:38 AM

6:41 AM

6:42 AM

6:47 AM, the storm passing to the west, with “storm light” lighting the foreground

The progression of the light beams was impressive and exciting to watch.

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Rob