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Friends of Sax Zim Bog Photothon | Matthew Moses | Moses Images
During the time period of Dec 29, 2012 – Jan 9, 2013 I participated in the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Brrrrdathon/Photothon. The non-profit organization Friends of Sax-Zim Bog is hosting the Photothon in the boreal forest of northeastern Minnesota & Northwestern Wisconsin. It is held to help raise funds with the goal to conserve and educate about the delicate and vanishing habitat of Sax-Zim Bog. At the end of the 12 days entrants submitted their 10 best photos for judging. Jan 12th was the compilation and awards. I found out I took 2nd with one of my male Pine Grosbeak photos also scoring 2nd highest. Here’s the gallery for the 10 photos that made up my submission. The photos were taken in Sax-Zim Bog as well as around our house. I didn’t get to photography some of the bird species I wanted to get but overall was happy with what I got.
Geminid Meteor Shower | Solway Township, MN | Moses Images
Well the evening of Dec 13th/early morning of Dec 14th brought us the annual Geminid Meteor Shower. Here in Northern Minnesota we were blessed with clear skies and temperatures in the single digits. Over the course of the night I was able to photograph nearly 50 meteors and saw many more streak across the sky. Despite the cold temperature it was fun being out there to see all the meteors.
Winter birds in Northern Minnesota | Cloquet, MN | Moses Images
Some of the more common birds that are hanging out this winter in Northern Minnesota.
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- Pine Grosbeak
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- Pine Grosbeak
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- Pine Grosbeak
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- Black-capped Chickadee
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- Blue Jay
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- Redpoll
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- Blue Jay
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- Pine Grosbeak
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
2012 Duluth Air Show | Duluth, MN | Moses Images
The Sunday show of the 2012 Duluth Air Show was greeted by blue sunny skies instead of the rainy skies on Saturday. The feature act, the Royal Canadian Air Force team the Canadian Snowbirds performed a wonderful show using nine aircraft in various formations, loops, and crossing patterns. The Army’s Golden Knights skydiving team started off the show by bringing in the flags for the United States and Canada. There were two different acrobatic plane performances. A display of WWII era planes with a B25 and a P-51C painted with the “Red Tails” that the Tuskegee Airman flew with. The Heritage flight for this year saw a P-51D lead the formation with an F16 flying the slot position and a pair of F4 Phantoms as the wingmen. A Mig-21 put on a short show of the airplane Vietnam era pilots saw a lot of. Local company Cirrus showed off their new jet aircraft as well. All in all it was a good day of flying for all involved. Growing up around the Air Force and the Thunderbirds, I was finally able to see the Snowbirds perform. I would gladly see them again as they didn’t disappoint.
Samples of the many photos from Sunday’s performance…
Tagged Acrobatic, Air Force, Army, B25, Canadian Snowbirds, Duluth, F16, F4, Golden Knights, Marines, Matthew Moses, Mig-21, Military, Minnesota, Moses Images, Navy, P51, Parachuting, skydiving
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Perseid Meteor Shower | Solway Township, MN | Moses Images
Overnight was supposed to be the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Unforunately, clouds started moving in shortly after 1am. I did manage to get one decent photo of a meteor passing through the sky. In total saw about 25 meteors for the two and half hours I laid outside staring at the night sky.
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