Photos of a dam from a plane landing in Montreal

I've always been fascinated during plane landings, marveling at the view of man made structures from a high altitude.  Luckily on this landing in Montreal we passed over a structure on the river - it might be a dam, I'm not sure.  I enjoyed taking pictures of it especially since the plane turned as we went by allowing me to see it from other angles.

3 AM photos of Rushy Marsh Pond and the Ocean

I woke up early and went for a walk with camera and tripod to take some at night pictures of a nearby pond (Rushy Marsh Pond) and the ocean near our house.  It was snowing increasingly hard, the sky was very cloudy, there was no moon visible, so it was fairly dark, but I was able to capture color images using 30 s exposure and maximum aperture opening.  The light was probably as diffuse as it can be.  It was amazing to me to see these color images, since to through my eyes the world around me was entirely shades of gray.

Looking from the road through trees at Rushy Marsh Pond

ginger mead, unpasteurized honey

2019-03-10: I decided to try an experiment of ginger-flavored mead; I did it on a 1-gallon scale rather than a full 5 gallons in case I don't like the flavor.  I know this is bad science but another variable I changed was I did not boil or pasteurize the honey - this is supposed to preserve the flavor of the honey.

Time lapse of stars aimed at Polaris 2019-02-08

Some more images and time-lapse video of the night sky, this time focusing / aiming towards Polaris, to directly observe the effect of the Earth's rotation on our view.

Time lapse video of stars moving through the sky

I made a time lapse video of stars moving through the sky.  I had 3 attempts that I stitched together into a video:

Time-lapse videos of Sydney, Australia skyline during sunrise / sunset

I created some time-lapse videos of the Sydney skyline during sunrise and sunset.  This one is my favorite because you can see a clouds moving, a star appear and move, and a plane:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfu9yXc8yt8

(best with HD / full screen)

Astronomy and meeting nice random people in Sydney, Australia

While visiting in-laws in Sydney, Australia, I woke up very early on December 25, 2018, and took a walk to try to look at stars that are only visible in the Southern hemisphere.  I ended up meeting some very nice people in a park from Venezuela and Chile!  It was magical to be out in the city at such an odd hour and have the feeling of discovery by looking both around and up.