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by Mack Frost
Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:07 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submission Gallery: 2013 Comets
Replies: 286
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Re: Submission Gallery: 2013 Comets

Last night, we had a nearly clear sky for the first time since the Comet PanSTARRS became visible here in Cody, Wyoming (I actually saw it in between the clouds last Sunday, but it was still very low on the horizon.) So, last evening I went out northeast of Cody and shot this series of images of the...
by Mack Frost
Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:05 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Gallery: Lunar eclipse, 2012 June 4
Replies: 14
Views: 37331

Re: Gallery: Lunar eclipse, 2012 June 4

I captured this image as the Moon was setting, 5:25 AM MDT. It shows the Moon just above the Absaroka Mountain Range southwest of Cody, WY, USA, looking at the Horse's Head, a snowbank on Scoria Creek, a tributary of Ishawooa Creek (ISH-uh-wah) on the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Tradition has ...
by Mack Frost
Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:15 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 Feb 17)
Replies: 201
Views: 45691

Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 February 17)

While I am not a pilot, or have the opportunity for much flying, I am a photographer, an observer of weather conditions and an amateur astronomer. I live in Cody, WY, and although our area is fairly mountainous, the general landscape to the west of us is relatively flat, especially to the southwest ...