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Sampling of Fall Color in Northern Minnesota | Matthew Moses

By admin | Published November 9, 2011

Back in early October I enjoyed a day along the north shore of Lake Superior visiting Lutsen and Gooseberry Falls State Park. The Fall colors were a bit past peak but still splendid to photograph and enjoy. Just wish there had been a few wispy clouds in the otherwise clear blue sky.

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Orionid Meteor Shower

By admin | Published October 22, 2011

This morning was the peak of the annual Orionid meteor shower. I was outside at 4am to see if I would be able to see any of them. With the camera setup on the tripod clicking away I set back and got to see numerous meteors before the light from the rising moons started to wash out the sky. Here’s a couple of photos where I was able to capture the meteor as it streaked across the sky.

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2011 Twin Cities Marathon – a few photos

By admin | Published October 4, 2011

Sunday was a beautiful day for the 2011 edition of the Twin Cities Marathon. Temperature started in the 40′s and were near 70 by noon. With very little clouds in the sky it was one of the better editions to photograph compared to previous years. As I have done for the last several years I was out taking photos as part of the photography team assembled to cover the event for the race organization. Here’s a sampling of some of my photos from Sunday’s event.

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Out photographing the night sky…

By admin | Published September 24, 2011

In between the cloud and fog banks, last night turned into good night for seeing and photographing the night sky. With a lot of attention focused on where the NASA UARS satellite would come crashing down had sort of hoped to see it streak across the sky but alas Northern Minnesota didn’t see anything. Did get to see a nice showing of the Milky Way, played around with a few star trail photos, and was working on photographing the Andromeda galaxy before the last batch of clouds rolled in at Midnight. A few photos from last night, two different shots of the Milky Way and one 15 minute star trail photo.

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August 5th Aurora Borealis over Lake Superior

By admin | Published August 8, 2011

Wow, the August 5th Aurora display was simply breath taking. Through out the day I kept getting the space weather alerts courtesy of Spaceweather.com. The last one I got that day said the Planetary K-index had hit an 8. I can’t even remember ever getting an alert beyond 5 or 6. I was hoping for clear skies but as I headed into Duluth to join others for a night photography shoot it was raining on the northern horizon. We spent time inside at the DPI with a presentation by Bob King (“Astro Bob”) from the Duluth News Tribune. After the presentation we headed to our first location Brighton Beach on the shore of Lake Superior. The evening started out photographing the nearly 2nd quarter moon but as the clouds started breaking up a small glow to the north started around 2145. From there the aurora faded in and out for a while until the really brilliant pillars and pulsing glow kicking in round 2245. Near midnight the green aurora display went from the horizon to completely overhead. Finally, around 0130 the show was fading and the camera get got put away. It was an amazing display to watch laying there on the beach watching the sky shimmer and pulse. Unlike my first experience photographing the Aurora back in November of 2004, this time I was better prepared. Below is a gallery sampling some of the many views of the aurora that were seen Friday night. In most cases my exposures where ISO800 at F2.8 and focused at infinity on my camera lens.