Chronicle of a Disintegration Foretold (and Disproved)
Much was said about the comet that some prefer to call simply A3, of which only lifeless, dim fragments were expected to remain by the time it passed near Earth.
Category Landscape
The Northern Lights Seen from North Raleigh
On October 8, 2024, a powerful solar flare erupted. It was strong enough to produce an aurora visible from lower latitudes, including Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Holy Pine
This is the story behind one of my favorite landscape photos, where a pine tree seems to be crowned by halos in a rare atmospheric phenomenon that I have not witnessed again in my life.