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Astronomer, photographer, connoisseur of snarky t-shirts, often accused of being grumpy.
Sunset behind Bill Williams Mountain, 26 and a quarter miles from where I was to the radio towers. This happens only twice per year. (R7 + 106 & 500mm, f/10, 1/8000sec)
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Lightning off to the east just after sunset, as seen from the Observatory. (Canon R7, 28mm, 0.6sec, f/14, iso 100)
September 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Broad tailed hummer!
(500mm f/7.1 1/2500s iso 2000 34ft)
August 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The fire out at Camp Navajo (near Flagstaff) this morning, before the wind shifted and we got evacuated due to smoke (we were told possibly toxic, given what's burning -- breathe this stuff as little as possible). First image is a pano.
August 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A blue grosbeak has been hanging out in the back yard the past couple days. (Gets along well with this house finch, apparently.)
(Canon R7, RF 100-500mm; f/7.1 1/800 ISO 1600; distance 45 ft)
August 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm sure there's a story here. And that I am the bad guy in this story.
(Black-headed grosbeak, Flagstaff Arizona, 700mm f/10)
August 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Milky Way last night (in Flagstaff), with one of my favorite trees, and also light pollution from Phoenix, at two different focal lengths (28mm and 16mm; Canon R7; 10sec, 8sec; f/2.8). Also a shot of our 1.3-meter telescope doing calibrations (screen flats) (50mm, 15sec).
June 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tru dat.
June 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Fewer than 10,000 people showed up.

$134 million dollars.

Where's the Department of Government Efficiency?
June 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Indeed.
I see stupid people.

They’re walking around everywhere, like regular people. They don’t know they’re stupid.
June 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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June 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
May 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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“Totally not photoshopped”
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Another one for @senschumer and his fellow brave letter writers
April 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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April 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Just so I am keeping everything straight…the government can’t tell you to wear a mask because FREEDOM!!!!, but it can decide you are a “terrorist” and send you to a foreign gulag without due process and throw away the key.

That right?
April 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
April 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
To put it bluntly,
April 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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i feel physical pain from how stupid this presidency is.
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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spotted in the toronto star
April 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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My favorite from today. #HandsOff #HandsOff2025
April 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
April 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
April 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump is a rotting ambulatory sack of sewer effluent.
April 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM