by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Blue Pool. This is a beautiful little pool with a name I can’t find, which lies in the Norris Basin of Yellowstone just down the path from Echinus Geyser (steam in background). This was the first shot of the night on a beautiful August evening. The breeze was...
by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble. It’s odd to see mud boil and bubble. But here in Yellowstone it’s a daily occurrence. These are the mud pots of the West Thumb basin. They bubble and hiss and pile up like anthills with that distinctive smell, that...
by David Lane | May 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Photoing Astrophotographers photoing the Milky Way. It’s often that I photo the Milky Way, its not often I photo people doing so. This night, at Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park, I caught both in my camera. The long red reflection is a single LED on the...
by David Lane | Jan 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here’s some of the many steps for how my newest APOD image was created. Sort of documentary since it appears everyone now fears “fake” pictures. I also included a close up of me in the SUV playing Angry Birds while the shot was taking place. Hey it...
by David Lane | Jan 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is the image. I’m getting wildly different appearances on my iPhone, iPad, laptops and my main PC. I have an allegedly calibrated screen on my PC and I like what it shows. Hows this look for you all? This is actually all natural airglow. It looks more...
by David Lane | Oct 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
I may need to get the number from someone to the Saturation Help Group, but I really like this image. This is the Crescent and the surrounding nebulosity. I love the almost fan shaped nebulosity next to the Crescent (thing that looks like a floating brain). I hope you...
by David Lane | Oct 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well its Bing day here in the neighborhood. I’ve had images on a myriad of sites and a ton of astro sites but to be the featured image of the day on a big site like Bing / Microsoft is pretty cool. Thanks for spreading the word and getting mainstream sites...
by David Lane | Oct 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
This is IC405 also known as the Flaming Star Nebula (see details below). Made from only 15 frames of color data its a pretty cool object and turned out surprisingly well considering the low amount of data. IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or...
by David Lane | Oct 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
See previous Black and White Version as well. The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large, circular H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster, in the center, NGC 2244...
by David Lane | Oct 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
This is the Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) also includes a ton of other astronomical indicators. This is with a C14 with Hyperstar and a QHY12 camera. About 15 hours of Ha exposures and READ below for more information on this beautiful area. The Rosette Nebula (also...
