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A popular cosmic viewing playground is Joshua Tree National Park, east of Los Angeles. The local mountains are 10,000 feet high which...

Los Angeles? I'm in LA but that's Louisiana. :) I wish I could drive 90 minutes and have good skies... For astronomically good skies...

No, the aurora was the previous week. I was apparently unaware of it and slept through the best display at home. :cool:

There were some clear nighttime hours. We were there for five nights, so it's rare to be totally clouded-out. Lots of high cirrus. Since...

Just got home from the Deep South Star Gaze, which is held in a nice rural setting. Being an astronomy gathering, you know there was...

Another couple of autumn shots from my local area. A (different) friend and I drove about two hours to a potential photo site, but it...

Thanks. We (or at least I) always tend to try for the "picture perfect" trees, etc. but in retrospect I kinda like the half-ragged look...

Thanks! My friend had hip replacement a few weeks / months ago and due to some lingering issues we didn't spend quite as much time...

gorgeous photos! the sunrise photo is great, as are the waterfall and river photos. i loved the red car driving through the fall...

Excellent set, Len!