Comet 12P Pons/Brooks

A preliminary attempt at photographing Comet 12P Pons/Brooks among the twighlight and clouds.

Sunset Trees

Some sunset tree silhouettes found while hunting for a comet.

Ngilgi Cave

Ngilgi cave entry pathway. A great place to visit with a spectacular cave and features inside.

Crystal Palace

A crystal palace ceiling made of stalactites and straws. Spectacular.

Shawl

A beautiful shawl feature hanging from the ceiling in the incredible Ngilgi Caves complex.

Window With A View

A window view from near the top of the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse.

Fresnel

One of the original Fresnel lenses in the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse. Very clever lenses that save weight on glass thickness. These lenses are now covered to protect the surroundings from sunlight focus spots that had been starting fires like a giant magnifying glass. Replaced by a small electronic LED array.

Cape Naturaliste

The Cape Naturaliste lighthouse at Cape Naturaliste.

Distance

Every point on Earth is a long way from every other point when you look more closely and use certain metrics to quantify significance.

Busselton Pier

The Busselton Pier is a wonderful long walk out to sea.

Rainbow's End

The end of the rainbow lands here.

Sunset Panorama

A sunset panorama to finish the month of March.

Yalingup Beach

Yalingup Beach, another beautiful surf town on the Caves Road heading north toward Cape Naturaliste.

Wilyabrup Sea Cliffs

The Wilyabrup Sea Cliffs where rock climbing meets the wild Indian Ocean.

Wilyabrup Pillars

Pillars of rock atop the Wilyabrup Cliffs on the wild west coast of Western Australia.

Wilyabrup Coast

The wild west coast where the great Southern Ocean and Indian Ocean meet off the coast of Wilyabrup.

Wild West Coast

The wild and remoste west coast of Western Australia near Wilyabrup.

Gracetown Beach

Gracetown beach. WA is full of wonderful bays and beachees like this one.

Panoramic Hamelin

A sweeping blue Hamelin Bay panorama.

Hamelin Bay

Hamelin Bay in southwest Western Australia. It truly is a wild and largely unspoiled land.

Pemberton Artwork

An art installation at Pemberton, WA.

Bridgetown Artwork

An art installation in the main street of Bridgetown.

Surfers Point Gnarabup

Gnarabup and Surfers Point is a wonderful beach with perfect sideshore conditions for wavesailing, or kiteboarding and of course surfing. Margaret River has it all.

Margaret River

The Margaret River at Margaret River, meandering out to the sea.

Skater Girl

Margaret River Skater Girl at Surfer's Point headland sees no evil.

Winton Dinosaurs

Returning to Winton with a green crop of grasses well fed by the wet season.

Happy Leap Day

These unique dog tooth crystals in the Ngilgi Caves near Yalingup were formed when the pool underneath the stalactites filled with super saturated calcium carbonate solution. The stalactites stopped growing and crystals seeded on them underwater, then the water has since drained.

Tangalooma Wreck

A quick trip to relax for a few hours at the Tangalooma Wrecks. Island life.

Point Cartwright Rocks

On the Point Cartwright Rocks you will find these barnacles, or limpets, clinging to life on the edge of a vast ocean.

Mojodojo Casahouse

There is Kenough Beach for all in front of the real Mojodojo Casahouse on Kawana Beach. Just Beach.

Sunspot AR3576

Very large sunspot labelled Active Region 3576 is facing toward Earth today. Hopefully it doesn't become too violent and throw huge plumes of electrons and pprotons our way. Just a few would be nice, maybe see some low latitude aurora.

Drenched Dinosaurs Look In Mirror

A couple of soaked sauropods glance in the mirror following a rain shower.

Sunset Lightning

A lucky shot of a lightning strike in a storm front north of Winton.

Magenta Flora

Magenta flora springs to life after the rains.

A Fungi

Fungi spring to life after a soaking rain, ready to spread their spores.

Sheen Of Green

A sheen of green lights up the black soil plains after the rains.

Meteoritic Observatory

The meteoritic Gondwana Stars Observatory during a shower at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs in The JUmp-Up International Dark Sky Sanctuary.

It's Raining Dinosaurs

Just a little heavier than cats and dogs.

Sauropods In Rain

A pair of sauropods getting caught in the rain. I wonder if they drink Pina Coladas?

Moon Rise

A near Full Moon rises behind a veil of high, thin cloud from the approaching cyclone Kirrily.

Gidgee Tree

A Gidgee tree frames the building. Gidgee trees are also known as stinky wattle, have a strong odour when in flower. They are a very hard timber due to their slow growth rates.

Red Window

A view of the Gondwana Stars Observatory and cloudy sky through the red window of the March of the Titanosaurs building.

Clouded

A beautiful clouded sky with many layers, like an onion.

Morning Walk

A morning walk to get some exercise and enjoy the cool morning air before the heat of the day.

Winton Painted Sky

An atmospheric filter painted sky cloud above Winton. (Sky cloud as opposed to dust or other forms of cloud.)

Saturn

Saturn captured in the thick atmosphere of Earth as it falls nearer to the horizon. The cloud bands are not crisp and the Cassini division is not visible due to the turbulence added by our atmosphere, however, it's still Saturn. Always beautiful.

Morning Sky

A morning walk brings many things into view. In this acase a cloudy sky frames a beautiful tree.

Rainbows On Raindrops

Rainbows on raindrops and cooling summer showers. These are a few of my favourite things.

Rain Approaches

A rain squall approaches the Jump-Up on a steamy evening.

Sunsets

A sunset over the Gondwana Stars Observatory with filtered sunset light scattering from distant rain clouds.