Just some #mosstodon from a recent hike in the Palos Verdes Peninsula hills near Los Angeles. There's a nature preserve along one of the canyons with a stream running through it that actually has water after this winter's repeated storms, unlike when I went there last summer (or was it fall?) And it was completely dry.

#rock #moss #nature #photo

With rainstorms for the first half of the week, I completely forgot about the #conjunction of #Venus and #Jupiter tonight.

Despite wind, rain and hail today, It cleared up this afternoon. I happened to run out for groceries and looked up from the parking lot to see a blue sky with Venus and Jupiter right next to each other!

I got out the good camera and tripod when I got home.

And I think I may have caught some of Jupiter's moons?!?

#stargazing #astronomy #photo

A full 22-degree circular #halo spotted today, caused by #sunlight refracting through ice crystals in the thin cloud layer. (It was around 65F at ground level.)

These halos are about the same width as a 1x photo on my phone (and most point-and-shoot cameras I’ve had), so I used the wide angle mode to catch the whole thing and then crop it down. I bumped up the saturation a little, but otherwise it’s unprocessed.

#photo #photography #sky #AtmosphericOptics

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2023/02/full-halo/