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Tenney Park sunset

Jonathan — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:19:49 +0000

Trying to see last night’s eclipse was a bit of a let down, but the clouds over Lake Mendota actually produced a pretty nice sunset.

Reaching for the sky

Jonathan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:47:13 +0000

Cattails along Lake Wingra.

Powered by the wind

Jonathan — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:57:43 +0000

Cattail sunset

Jonathan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:57:14 +0000

I can finally tell the sun is setting just a little later every day. For me, the darkness of winter is worse than the cold. I’m glad the light is moving in the right direction again.

All lines lead to downtown

Jonathan — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:22:59 +0000

I’ve noticed the sun setting along the railroad tracks at the corner of Fair Oaks and Thurber avenues before, and wished I had my camera. It happened to be in the car when I drove by today.

Some photographers say you should bring your camera with you everywhere you go. I guess this proves their point.

Fiery sky over Trout Lake

Jonathan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:27:02 +0000

The best sunset I saw on my last camping trip.

Summer evening sky, a study

Jonathan — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:40:32 +0000

When it’s too hot to take pictures during the day, wait until the sun goes down, and point your camera up.

Early sunsets

Jonathan — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:05:37 +0000

The sun is dropping out of the sky way too early these days. I took these pictures of the sun setting over Lake Monona about 4:30 in the afternoon the other day.

I suppose a beautiful sunset is some consolation for the smaller amount of daylight hours. Welcome to the season of darkness.

Sun dogs

Jonathan — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:30:20 +0000

While out hiking this afternoon, I spotted some sun dogs in the cirrus clouds moving across the sky.

After watching them for a while, I gave my eyes a rest and continued hiking. While I walked through the woods, another one appeared. This time directly overhead, framed beautifully by the bare branches.

Back out into the clearing, and the sun dogs made another appearance. This time there was a better hint of the arc on the left side.

The sky at dusk

Jonathan — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:53:07 +0000

When I was camping last week, I wasn’t on the right side of the lake for watching the sun set. But the sky still offered some beautiful scenes during that time of day.

It makes me think a person should pay closer attention to the sky at dusk, even if you can’t see the sun brilliantly setting.