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Brian G Weber Photography
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Photographer of the sea and sky, occasionally the land.

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Eastern Veil Nebula through the much smaller sensor of my ToupTek ATR585M and monochrome filters (13.5h total)

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#astrophotography #nebula #nightsky #supernova #stars #space #ToupTek #SkywatcherUSA #art
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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This 96% waning moon image was captured on November 7th. I've included other recent images (in reverse order) so you can see the change in alignment and shadows over the course of just a few days.

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#moon #wobble #fullmoon #supermoon #astrophotography 🔭 📷 🌕
2025-11-07 96% waning (after the full moon, decreasing illumination) 2025-11-05 Full supermoon (bigger and brighter than normal full moon because it is at/near its closest point in its elliptical orbit) 2025-11-02 92% waxing (approaching full moon, increasing illumination)
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Here's the full supermoon from just after midnight on Nov 5th. Supermoons occur when the full moon coincides with the moon being closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit (perigee).

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#moon #supermoon #fullmoon #astrophotography #touptek #skywatcherUSA 🔭 📷
A full, supermoon captured with a monochrome camera just after midnight on November 5th.
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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92% waxing moon from November 2nd. As usual, as the full moon arrives, the weather clears up. Narrowband it is! Tonight's targets are Eastern Veil, Pacman for a bit, and then Monkey Head.

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#supermoon #moon #monochrome #astrophotography #skywatcherUSA #touptek
A 92% waxing moon with the shadows receding off the left side
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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We managed to sneak in a dive between some messy early week weather and an upcoming nor'easter. Check the alt text for critter descriptions!

#UnderwaterPhotography #ScubaPhotography #UWPhoto #DivingLife #ScubaDiving #DiveLife #ScubaShooters #fish #lobsters #clams #macro #olympus 🦑 📷
This cigar minnow stood out with its bright green scales. This is only the second time I've seen one! A surf clam shell with a bore hole from a moon snail. These voracious predators envelop their prey and drill into the shell, cutting the muscle that holds the clam shell shut and then devours the clam. Nature is so metal. The crusher claw of an American lobster A grubby sculpin giving me the staredown
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Some images from an uneventful night dive at Fort Wetherill in Jamestown, Rhode Island in early October. The kingfish was the highlight and I captured it in less than 5 feet of water.

#UnderwaterPhotography #ScubaPhotography #UWPhoto #DivingLife #ScubaDiving #DiveLife #fish #crabs #olympus 📷 🦑 🦀
Northern kingfish in less than 5 feet of water near the beach. This fish was quite skittish with video lights, but I was able to approach using a red light. Eye of a blue crab
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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As the sun angle gets lower in the sky, my time window for solar imaging from my primary telescope spot is getting shorter and shorter. This image was taken on October 25th.

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#Sun #SpacePhotography #Astronomy #Science #Space #astrophotography #Sunspots🔭
A full disk solar image captured with a monochrome camera and colored orange. The surface is dotted with numerous sunspot clusters all across the visible area.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The new car (Ford Mach-E) at my favorite dive site (Folly Cove, Gloucester, MA) for the first of many visits!

#scuba #newcar #mache #ford #ev #sunshine #ocean #massachusetts #gloucesterma #pixel
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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An afternoon shower rolled through just now and left us a nice, vibrant rainbow to kick off the weekend 🌈

#nofilter #rainbow #rain #colorful #weekendvibes
A segment of rainbow through the trees in my neighborhood. It only rained briefly, but as the shower moved out, we got some pretty colors.
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Boston in the distance from Tipling Rock in Sudbury, Massachusetts on Saturday. We left camp when it was still dark and reached the top about 15 minutes before sunrise. This was a little before sunrise, but the colors got more muted after.

#sunrise #Massachusetts #Boston #camping #hiking #nofilter
Pre-sunrise from Tipling Rock, west of Boston
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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September diving recap complete! 3 states, 8 dives (including 3 night dives), and a couple tropical critters along with some old friends.

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#blog #scuba #underwaterPhotography #tropicalfish #divelog
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October 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Late September dive at my favorite shore diving site. Not a ton of critters out, but there's always something to photograph.

#underwaterPhotography #macro #anemone #urchin #NewEngland #GloucesterMA #olympus #scuba 🦑 📷
The resident northern red anemone at Folly Cove A green urchin grazing on some algae One of the few frilled anemones at Folly Cove this year. This particular spot in the cove typically has a few dozen, but I could only find one.
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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This awesome planetary nebula is Helix Nebula. It is roughly 200 light years from Earth and is located in the Aquarius constellation in our skies.

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#astrophotography #nebula #helix #eye #space #telescope #touptek #skywatcherUSA
Helix Nebula is planetary nebula located roughly 200 light years from Earth. This image was captured using a monochrome camera and narrowband filters.
October 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Some lovely critters from a September night dive. The juvenile sea raven was a highlight!

#underwaterPhotography #squid #fish #trunkfish #nightdiving #scuba #olympus #macro
A juvenile sea raven - I think this is the first I've ever seen! Buffalo trunkfish hovering above the kelp - so cute! Look at those pouty lips. A beautiful longfin squid in the water column. Each of those dots can change color rapidly! Tiny northern puffer in the water column
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Love this. I know we're just one state, but I appreciate the local commitment to doing what we can!

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October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Marine mammals in a bar? How otterly ridiculous.
sarahmackattack.bsky.social Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Oct 13
Here it is, your daily squid.
A bunch of otters sit at a bar drinking silly cocktails. One is reading a book, one has an urchin in the cocktail the other has a pink squid
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Several tropical friends spotted on a night dive in mid-September, along with some local favorites.

#underwaterPhotography #fish #nightdiving #scuba #olympus 🦑 📷
A short bigeye makes a fall appearance in the warm New England waters Hake are a fairly common find on night dives, but this one had a skeleton shrimp on its side (weird!) A tiny tropical butterflyfish in the water column A coronetfish visiting from warmer waters - I've never seen the stripes before!
October 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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This image of the 88% waxing moon was taken on 2025-10-03 and showcases the reason I prefer partial moons over full moons: check out Aristarchus crater shining in near total darkness on the left side!

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#astrophotography #moon #craters #luna 🔭 📷
An 88% waxing moon with a single crater shining brightly out of the darkness on the left side. Depending on the sun angle, certain prominent craters may still be illuminated while the low-lying area around it is in shadow.
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Solar image from 2025-10-04 - I checked out these sunspots with my eclipse glasses, but they're better with some magnification 😎

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#astrophotography #sun #solar #solarsystem #star #sunspots #touptek #skywatcherUSA 📷 🔭
Full disk monochrome solar image colorized orange with assorted sunspots dotting the surface in several groups.
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Cygnus is a beautiful region of space, with tons of stars and rich nebulosity. With the significantly smaller FOV of my mono camera, I focused on Pelican Nebula this time around.

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#astrophotography #nebula #space #colorful #cygnus 🔭 📷
Pelican Nebula in the beautiful Cygnus constellation
October 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Cygnus is a beautiful region of space, with tons of stars and rich nebulosity. With the significantly smaller FOV of my mono camera, I focused on Pelican Nebula this time around.

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Pelican Nebula in the beautiful Cygnus constellation
October 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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These sunspots are visible with the naked eye through eclipse glasses! This image was captured earlier today. Aurora activity seems fairly quiet tonight, but maybe that will change.

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#astrophotography #sunspots #sun #star #solar #solarsystem #skywatcherUSA 🔭 📷
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Picked up a shiny Ford Mach-e before the US EV rebate disappeared. Looking forward to many adventures using the power of the sun from our rooftop panels!

#ev #ford #green #solarpower #carphotography
A 2025 Ford Mach-e in Eruption Green
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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I captured this on 2025-09-29, but didn't get around to posting because it's been a busy couple days. Lots of sunspot activity and my phone has been buzzing quite a bit with aurora alerts!
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#sun #sunspots #cme #northernlights #solarsystem #astrophotography 🔭 📷
Busy day on the sun! Lots of sunspots dotting the surface and firing some stuff at us to set off my aurora alerts.
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Not all pictures are winners. This is a northern pipefish, straight on, with focus somehow on the tiny snail on top of its head. I mean, just look at those googly eyes 😂

#fail #badFocus #pipefish #fish #underwaterPhotography #macro 🦑 📷
A northern pipefish emerging from some sea lettuce with a tiny snail hat
September 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM