Category: Photography

Picture Parade Five Hundred and Two

I am very grateful for being given permission to republish these photographs.

They are from the website capturetheatlas.com and the photographer concerned is Dan Zafra.

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These photographs are perfect. The lighting, the landscape, the setting; just brilliant.

Dan Zafra is an artist!

Finally, we are at the shortest day of the year: the Winter Solstice.

Picture Parade Five Hundred and One

Once more pictures from UnSplash.

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Makes me feel sleepy just looking at these gorgeous dogs!

Picture Parade Five Hundred

The Supermoon.

Last Thursday night we had a supermoon in Southern Oregon. That got me thinking of whether people had taken photos of the moon even if they were not the supermoon of December, 2025.

The photos are from Unsplash.

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Photo by Javier Garcia Chavez on Unsplash

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(I believe the above photograph was the 2025 supermoon.)

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Then yesterday YouTube posted a video of the 2025 SuperMoon. Here it is:

Picture Parade Four Hundred and Ninety-Nine

More fabulous photos.

Again, these are taken from Unsplash.

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Picture Parade Four Hundred and Ninety-Seven

Some photos of The Northern Lights.

EarthSky’s Kelly Kizer Whitt captured the northern lights from near Madison, Wisconsin, on November 11, 2025. Kelly wrote: “An amazing night of aurora. In front of the red curtains we had bright green active blobs. One of the better displays I’ve seen.” Thank you, Kelly!

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Ross Stone in Big Pine, California, captured this stunning view on November 11, 2025, and wrote: “The NRAO radio telescope in Owens Valley and the beautiful red aurora in the November sky. This was awesome, and the sky was so bright.” Thank you, Ross!

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EarthSky’s Marcy Curran in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captured a beautiful display of auroras on November 11, 2025. Marcy wrote: “Aurora put on quite a show from Wyoming tonight. Lots of reds and green easily visible to the eye. We live in a semi-rural spot.” Thank you, Marcy!

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Darrell Reese could see the aurora on November 11, 2025, from Ohio! Thank you for sharing your photo, Darrell.

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Ruth Goodwin-Hager in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, shared this image from November 11, 2025, and wrote: “I banged on my neighbors’ doors and recruited others to come outside and see the fabulous lights. It’s been 30 years since I’ve seen northern lights from my backyard like this. Amazing!” Thank you, Ruth!

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Patricia Evans in Seabrook, New Hampshire, captured the aurora on November 11, 2025. Patricia wrote: “Aurora borealis honors Veterans Day. I was afraid that the cloud cover would prevent viewing the aurora borealis but the reds and greens were amazingly intense! What a goosebump moment!” Thank you, Patricia!

And here’s a YouTube video to round things off!

Picture Parade Four Hundred and Ninety-Six

This short video I watched last Friday and wanted to share it with you all.

(As I type this, I’m getting an error (Error 153) on my video player. I hope in reality everything will be fine.)

The writing that accompanied the above video is:

Astounding Comet Lemmon Pics From Our Community

Comet Lemmon has been the best comet of 2025. It passed closest to Earth on October 21 and closest to the sun on November 8. As it brightened in our skies, EarthSky community members from around the globe captured spectacular images of the comet. See a compilation of editor’s picks here. Thanks to all who submitted!

Producer: Kelly Kizer Whitt

EarthSky.org: https://earthsky.org/

Subscribe: https://subscribe.earthsky.org/

Store: https://earthskystore.org/

Team and About: https://earthsky.org/about/

Picture Parade Four Hundred and Ninety-Five

Some photos I took on Saturday, 25th October.

They were all taken walking down the driveway to the mailbox.

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And the last one that is not autumn colours!

I’m not a photographer, unlike my son, Alex, who is (Alex Handover on Instagram) and captures the most wonderful bird photos, but occasionally I grab my camera and take pictures of whatever captures my eye. And before the heavy rains came in that weekend, I saw the beautiful leaves and their colours, and that last photo of the two wild black-tailed deer.

Every morning I feed the deer down by the stables.

Alex’s Photography

My son has beautiful videos of birds on YouTube.

Here is his description from that YouTube website.

I am a wildlife photographer based in the south west of England, spreading the joy of wildlife photography to everyone because the more of us that get interested in wildlife, there is hope for the future. Expect Vlog style and some tips videos. OM systems OM-1 mkII and mkI

Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/@AlexHandoverPhotography

Enjoy!