Eric Gaydos
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Found this sunrise from Feb 3rd 2020 sitting in a folder. I think I forgot about it because I was still recovering from Covid Classic™ that I had caught in Spain a few weeks earlier. And because life was about to become very different on account of the same.
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Found this sunrise from Feb 3rd 2020 sitting in a folder. I think I forgot about it because I was still recovering from Covid Classic™ that I had caught in Spain a few weeks earlier. And because life was about to become very different on account of the same.
The aurora became visible quite quickly to some audible gasps including my own. Starting to fade slightly now. Still amazed to be seeing this in the middle of Chicago.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The aurora became visible quite quickly to some audible gasps including my own. Starting to fade slightly now. Still amazed to be seeing this in the middle of Chicago.
It’s amazing to see and talk with so many people out hoping for a sighting of the aurora, planes and stars overhead
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It’s amazing to see and talk with so many people out hoping for a sighting of the aurora, planes and stars overhead
Now we just need this haze to get with the program
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Now we just need this haze to get with the program
If it’s of interest, here’s how basically the same frames look after I process them on a 27” monitor instead of on my phone, on the beach, in the dark, with frozen hands.
Taken within a minute of the others; mostly I updated the tone curve to match what I wanted to show.
Taken within a minute of the others; mostly I updated the tone curve to match what I wanted to show.
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
If it’s of interest, here’s how basically the same frames look after I process them on a 27” monitor instead of on my phone, on the beach, in the dark, with frozen hands.
Taken within a minute of the others; mostly I updated the tone curve to match what I wanted to show.
Taken within a minute of the others; mostly I updated the tone curve to match what I wanted to show.
Hey, seeing this post on my timeline is what reminded me to go out and look, thanks so much! I saw G4 and ran to the lake. From Chicago:
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hey, seeing this post on my timeline is what reminded me to go out and look, thanks so much! I saw G4 and ran to the lake. From Chicago:
Stunning aurora over Lake Michigan tonight viewed from down my street in Chicago
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Stunning aurora over Lake Michigan tonight viewed from down my street in Chicago
A plane from Salt Lake City flying in front of the full moon over Lake Michigan tonight on its way to landing at O’Hare
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A plane from Salt Lake City flying in front of the full moon over Lake Michigan tonight on its way to landing at O’Hare
Hilltops in the badlands
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Hilltops in the badlands
Unsure exactly what I was doing on Wikipedia last night
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Unsure exactly what I was doing on Wikipedia last night
Last weekend I drove to Theodore Roosevelt National Park for some peace and quiet and time for reflection. The park was very empty but I wasn’t quite alone.
October 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Last weekend I drove to Theodore Roosevelt National Park for some peace and quiet and time for reflection. The park was very empty but I wasn’t quite alone.
I am in North Dakota. Here is a buffalapse.
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I am in North Dakota. Here is a buffalapse.
This is not the most insane part
October 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not the most insane part
I am once again asking how I am supposed to work under these conditions
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I am once again asking how I am supposed to work under these conditions
Clouds drifting across the full moon tonight over Chicago. View from my porch. Sounds by crickets, traffic, and a light breeze.
August 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Clouds drifting across the full moon tonight over Chicago. View from my porch. Sounds by crickets, traffic, and a light breeze.
A Spitfire, unexpected but cinematic, in the skies over Bosham, England last week. The sound was...perfect.
August 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A Spitfire, unexpected but cinematic, in the skies over Bosham, England last week. The sound was...perfect.
Somehow my first visit to London. I hope it’s the first of many many more.
July 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Somehow my first visit to London. I hope it’s the first of many many more.
Driving through the Nebraska Sandhills, one of my favorite parts of the world
July 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Driving through the Nebraska Sandhills, one of my favorite parts of the world
Bluesky after dark (from a field in central Nebraska)
June 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Bluesky after dark (from a field in central Nebraska)
Some moments of calm from a quiet campsite in the Nebraska Sandhills
June 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Some moments of calm from a quiet campsite in the Nebraska Sandhills
I love being in New York
May 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I love being in New York
I figure this is good Bluesky content — the skies over the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie near Joliet
May 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I figure this is good Bluesky content — the skies over the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie near Joliet