@smittenbystars.bsky.social
Landscape photographer with an avid love of all things night sky. Occasionally, I play with abstract and ICM letting movement paint the image.
To all you storm chasers, my hat's off to you for your skill. Lightning all around me, 300 photos later, but no capture. Sitting in my car in the Eastern Sierra thinking it might be time to move a little further away. #EasternSierra, #storm, #BlueSkyPhotographers, #SonyA7IV
August 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
To all you storm chasers, my hat's off to you for your skill. Lightning all around me, 300 photos later, but no capture. Sitting in my car in the Eastern Sierra thinking it might be time to move a little further away. #EasternSierra, #storm, #BlueSkyPhotographers, #SonyA7IV
Missing My Old Friends on the Mountain.
August 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Missing My Old Friends on the Mountain.
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Young Kashmiri Girl
June 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Young Kashmiri Girl
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HELP SAVE SCIENCE
The attacks from this regime are killing science, but we can do something about it.
Follow @standupforscience.bsky.social, watch this video, and go to their page where they have a plan for every day August.
The attacks from this regime are killing science, but we can do something about it.
Follow @standupforscience.bsky.social, watch this video, and go to their page where they have a plan for every day August.
This August, we’re turning concern into collective action and you’re invited.
Our founder & executive director @cdelawalla.bsky.social breaks it down here 👇
youtu.be/AaYs9Il9Hy0?...
We’ve got the tools, training, & community to make it easy. Links in thread to get involved!
Our founder & executive director @cdelawalla.bsky.social breaks it down here 👇
youtu.be/AaYs9Il9Hy0?...
We’ve got the tools, training, & community to make it easy. Links in thread to get involved!
August 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
HELP SAVE SCIENCE
The attacks from this regime are killing science, but we can do something about it.
Follow @standupforscience.bsky.social, watch this video, and go to their page where they have a plan for every day August.
The attacks from this regime are killing science, but we can do something about it.
Follow @standupforscience.bsky.social, watch this video, and go to their page where they have a plan for every day August.
12 years ago, armed w/ my Canon 5DMII, I went to the coast to satisfy my Milky Way "Jones." My love affair with the Milky Way continues to this day. Found this little gem which I had not processed until today. #MilkyWay #nightsky #Sonoma #bioluminescence #nightskyphotographers
July 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
12 years ago, armed w/ my Canon 5DMII, I went to the coast to satisfy my Milky Way "Jones." My love affair with the Milky Way continues to this day. Found this little gem which I had not processed until today. #MilkyWay #nightsky #Sonoma #bioluminescence #nightskyphotographers
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Quick update: I have suddenly been struck down by a severe flare of my autoinflammatory condition (Yao Syndrome), & am currently out of commission. To be quite honest, I am struggling to manage this as my health insurer (Anthem) is refusing to cover medically necessary meds.
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Quick update: I have suddenly been struck down by a severe flare of my autoinflammatory condition (Yao Syndrome), & am currently out of commission. To be quite honest, I am struggling to manage this as my health insurer (Anthem) is refusing to cover medically necessary meds.
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I mean...yeah. Just a mind-boggling self-inflicted wound, on top of many other recent ones.
This is fucking insane. Closing these NOAA labs would obliterate our ability to observe, understand, and forecast the Earth System, from weather systems tomorrow to sea levels 50 years from now.
What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I mean...yeah. Just a mind-boggling self-inflicted wound, on top of many other recent ones.
In a reflecting mood, reliving some wonderful nights under the stars. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) and the Milky Way. Single image taken 10-23-24
#MilkyWay, #CometC/2023A3(Tuchinshan-ATLAS), #PointReyesNationalSeashore, #stars, #reflection, #SonyA7IV, #astrolandscape
#MilkyWay, #CometC/2023A3(Tuchinshan-ATLAS), #PointReyesNationalSeashore, #stars, #reflection, #SonyA7IV, #astrolandscape
June 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In a reflecting mood, reliving some wonderful nights under the stars. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) and the Milky Way. Single image taken 10-23-24
#MilkyWay, #CometC/2023A3(Tuchinshan-ATLAS), #PointReyesNationalSeashore, #stars, #reflection, #SonyA7IV, #astrolandscape
#MilkyWay, #CometC/2023A3(Tuchinshan-ATLAS), #PointReyesNationalSeashore, #stars, #reflection, #SonyA7IV, #astrolandscape
One Still Night in Yosemite. Unable to do any photography for a while, I couldn't stand it any longer and went back through some of my older images and reprocessed this one. It made me feel a lot better.
June 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
One Still Night in Yosemite. Unable to do any photography for a while, I couldn't stand it any longer and went back through some of my older images and reprocessed this one. It made me feel a lot better.
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People having been asking: "Are these cuts really that big of a deal? Could people really die?"
And the answer is: This exact situation, during a major hurricane/flood/tornado/wildfire event, is precisely how that would happen.
And the answer is: This exact situation, during a major hurricane/flood/tornado/wildfire event, is precisely how that would happen.
May 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
People having been asking: "Are these cuts really that big of a deal? Could people really die?"
And the answer is: This exact situation, during a major hurricane/flood/tornado/wildfire event, is precisely how that would happen.
And the answer is: This exact situation, during a major hurricane/flood/tornado/wildfire event, is precisely how that would happen.
Spring Time in Yosemite. So much water.
May 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Spring Time in Yosemite. So much water.
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We're looking for a volunteer to develop a Siril snap package.
If there's a volunteer in the room, please let me know.
If there's a volunteer in the room, please let me know.
April 29, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We're looking for a volunteer to develop a Siril snap package.
If there's a volunteer in the room, please let me know.
If there's a volunteer in the room, please let me know.
April 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Grabbed my tracker and went to my favorite close by dark sky site to capture the Rosette Nebula as it set behind a distant pine tree forest.
April 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Grabbed my tracker and went to my favorite close by dark sky site to capture the Rosette Nebula as it set behind a distant pine tree forest.
Spent a lovely evening with my camera pointed at El Cap in Yosemite
April 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Spent a lovely evening with my camera pointed at El Cap in Yosemite