Last Post

This is the last post on this blog in 2014. This was a wonderful bamboo creation at the Woodford Folk Festival. It was lit by colour cycling LEDs and open to the sky above. The first post of 2015 is coming your way tomorrow. Happy New Year one and all.

Occultation

The Moon occulted Saturn briefly last night (Wednesday 14th May) by passing in front of the ringed planet. This was my first attempt at imaging an occultation. It worked. The view through the eyepiece was more remarkable than the photo does justice.

Happy New Year 2014!

Happy new year from Finland! This was taken at the midnight fireworks put on by the Hotel Kultahippu in Ivalo. They just walk out on the frozen river, light the fuse and run. It was the closest I have ever been to fireworks, and the coldest new year I've experienced. The wind was blowing snow flakes into my eyes like sand, it was chilly! Everyone buys fireworks over here, people were setting them off up and down the river throughout the evening.