A Gallery: Delights & Splendors of Cascadia

[Mrtenant]

 

[cascadiabound]

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How did you get this picture of cascadia sleeping, darling?

 

[Mrtenant]

How did you get this picture of cascadia sleeping, darling?

When I'm right there with you....eh, her?

 

[PlayfulLilDarlin]

 

[PlayfulLilDarlin]

 

[cascadiabound]

Beautiful @PlayfulLilDarlin

 

[cascadiabound]

Green Comet over Neah Bay WA
Amazing photo!
It's been too cloudy for me to see it from home.

 

[cascadiabound]

Seattle and Mt Rainier

 

[Dribble]

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Green Comet over Neah Bay WA
Amazing photo!
It's been too cloudy for me to see it from home.

Sorry...it is photoshopped. The tail is to the right and max brightness is only 5.5 (you can see it with the naked eye but just barely)

I spent last night looking through my daughter's Xmas present. The tail was fuzzy but without an exposure shot...not distinct. But we saw the Orion Nebula and the 4 obvious moons of Jupiter easily.

 

[cascadiabound]

Sorry...it is photoshopped. The tail is to the right and max brightness is only 5.5 (you can see it with the naked eye but just barely)

I spent last night looking through my daughter's Xmas present. The tail was fuzzy but without an exposure shot...not distinct. But we saw the Orion Nebula and the 4 obvious moons of Jupiter easily.

Photographer Mathew Nichols:

"We have a green visitor in our night sky!! Comet "ZTF" is at its closest point to earth it will be for the next 50,000 years! It is visible to the unaided eye as a bright blurry star to the North of the big dipper and next to Polaris (the North star).

This is my extremely thought out and well planned rendition of the comet from one of my favorite areas on the coast in Neah Bay Washington. I wanted to portray the comet with this beautiful landscape that I would be SO lucky to experience this once in a lifetime event with

I had to travel to the furthest point on the coast to get to the "darkest skies" to witness this in. The darker the skies the better you can see the comet, and this just so happens to be some of the darkest skies remaining in the entire United States. Regisetered as a "bortle 2" on the "bortle scale" (with bortle 1 being the darkest skies possible) that measures the amount of nearby light pollution, this was the perfect place to give it everything I've got when attempting to capture this comet!

I was so excited to hear that we would have a comet visible in our night sky that I spent nearly $1000 on new equipment just so that I could capture it in the most detail possible. When a once in a lifetime opportunity like this presents itself I want to be able to capture it the very best I can!

I took over 2 hours of data on the comet alone, the more data you are able to capture the better detail the photo of the comet will achieve. There was so much data included in this photo that I had to completely wipe my laptop just to be able to process this one photo

Comets hold a special place in my heart as 2020s Comet Neowise inspired me to pursue nighttime photography and helped me realize my passion for photography. So naturally I was very excited to work as hard as I could to capture this beauty!!

I spent nearly 13 hours out on a cliff in Neah Bay Washington preparing for this view, there were sustained winds of 25 mph with gusts of 35-40 mph. The temperature was around 35 degrees making this a very challenging photo to capture. It was all worth it to me though as that was likely my only chance at clear skies for the duration of this comets close approach. It was especially a challenge because I have never used this equipment before but I am very pleased with what I was able to capture!!"

 

[Dribble]

Photographer Mathew Nichols:

"We have a green visitor in our night sky!! Comet "ZTF" is at its closest point to earth it will be for the next 50,000 years! It is visible to the unaided eye as a bright blurry star to the North of the big dipper and next to Polaris (the North star).

This is my extremely thought out and well planned rendition of the comet from one of my favorite areas on the coast in Neah Bay Washington. I wanted to portray the comet with this beautiful landscape that I would be SO lucky to experience this once in a lifetime event with

I had to travel to the furthest point on the coast to get to the "darkest skies" to witness this in. The darker the skies the better you can see the comet, and this just so happens to be some of the darkest skies remaining in the entire United States. Regisetered as a "bortle 2" on the "bortle scale" (with bortle 1 being the darkest skies possible) that measures the amount of nearby light pollution, this was the perfect place to give it everything I've got when attempting to capture this comet!

I was so excited to hear that we would have a comet visible in our night sky that I spent nearly $1000 on new equipment just so that I could capture it in the most detail possible. When a once in a lifetime opportunity like this presents itself I want to be able to capture it the very best I can!

I took over 2 hours of data on the comet alone, the more data you are able to capture the better detail the photo of the comet will achieve. There was so much data included in this photo that I had to completely wipe my laptop just to be able to process this one photo

Comets hold a special place in my heart as 2020s Comet Neowise inspired me to pursue nighttime photography and helped me realize my passion for photography. So naturally I was very excited to work as hard as I could to capture this beauty!!

I spent nearly 13 hours out on a cliff in Neah Bay Washington preparing for this view, there were sustained winds of 25 mph with gusts of 35-40 mph. The temperature was around 35 degrees making this a very challenging photo to capture. It was all worth it to me though as that was likely my only chance at clear skies for the duration of this comets close approach. It was especially a challenge because I have never used this equipment before but I am very pleased with what I was able to capture!!"

Exactly...photoshopped.

All telescopes (well not all...but anything under 5K) see images both reversed and upside down, which is exactly what you have with the comet. Yet...if you are standing where the cliff is...that image is correct with the ocean to the left. Can't have both. This was not taken with a camera. At best he superimposed a captured image of the comet onto a picture taken by the camera.

Furthermore, even the telescopes in Hawaii are not picking up the carbon ions (the green color) that intensely even taking a photo every 15 sec for 6 hours and compiling the data into one.

Finally, the length of the tail is...and always has been, less than 4 degree of arc, and this was only for a few days as the comet moved towards the sun. As it moves away, this decreases to 1 degree. He may be a good photographer...but he is also a liar.

 

[cascadiabound]

Elwa River watershed

 

[cascadiabound]

Firestation look out towards Mt Rainier

 

[cascadiabound]

Crown Point Vista House, Columbia Gorge, OR

 

[cascadiabound]

Long Beach WA

 

[cascadiabound]

North Cascades, WA

 

[cascadiabound]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=546452517458126

 

[cascadiabound]

Hoh Rain Forest

 

[cascadiabound]

Samuel Boardman State Park OR
I plan to visit there next month!

 

[cascadiabound]

Spring is coming to the Salish Sea

 

[Dribble]

Elwa River watershed

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Gigantic mudslide from Rainier. I think I shared with you the geology videos that covered this...but if not or if someone else is interested let me know and I will track down some links

 

[cascadiabound]

Gigantic mudslide from Rainier. I think I shared with you the geology videos that covered this...but if not or if someone else is interested let me know and I will track down some links

I think the links would be an interesting add to the thread. No rush, no pressure. Thanks honey

 

[Dribble]

This dude has probably 100 videos out there covering different geological aspects of the Cascades. They all are good

 

[cascadiabound]

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Mt Hood OR - isn't she spectacular!

 

[cascadiabound]

Olympic Rain Forest