Starship Asterisk*

Subsolar Point, Kailua Kona, May 18, 2016, 12:20 PM. Also known as Lahaina Noon, it is a tropical solar phenomenon where the sun passes exactly overhead at solar noon, resulting in a few minutes of no lateral shadows. This happens twice a year in Hawaii, and can only be observed on the tropics. Unfo...

Big Island Hawaii, December 4th 2015. Facing South towards Mauna Kea at about 12:30 AM.
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Big Island Hawaii, December 4th 2015. Facing South towards Mauna Kea at about 12:30 AM.
Two Images Stacked - ISO 6400, f2.8, 1/100 & 13 sec

5D mark III - 0.5 Sec. 5000 ISO. f/7. 1000mm.
Jupiter, Venus conjunction. 9:00 PM. Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Mike Sessions

Big Island Hawaii Time Lapse. All footage was captured from different locations around the Big Island. Some of the video includes the recent Moon, Venus, Jupiter conjunction on June 20th.

Moonbow over Halema'uma'u Crater
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. May 3rd, 2015, 4:30 AM.
Canon Mark III, 14mm, f2.8, 10 sec, ISO 3200

Moonbow and Mauna Kea. A few nights ago I was fortunate to capture the end of a moonbow as the sky cleared over Kamuela. This photo was taken around 3:00 AM, March 3rd.
Canon 5D MarkIII 24mm, f4.0, 7sec
Mike Sessions

Venus and Mercury conjunction in zodiacal light. From the slopes of Mauna Kea