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https://farm1.staticflickr.com/685/21924824404_af39674481_c.jpg Mount Democrat Conjunction by Patrick Cullis , on Flickr Jupiter, Venus, and Mars rise behind Mount Democrat, one of Colorado's 14'ers. With fresh snow lit up by the moon the three planets rise behind the 14,155 foot peak near Leadvill...

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/9153793833_caefa9eb6c_h.jpg [attachment=0]pcully.jpg[/attachment] I launched and tracked my camera on a meteorological balloon from Boulder, Colorado to 86,000 feet above the Continental Divide on the morning of June 27, 2013. The Moon can be seen setting in the bl...

http://vimeo.com/62255585 March 19, 2013 - Comet Panstarrs setting behind the iconic Flatirons of Boulder, Colorado. The horizon looked doubtful right down to the moment I started hiking up the trail with my tripods, but the clouds cleared right at sunset as predicted. Thank you Canadian Astronomy ...

Comet PANSTARRS surfing the mountains and low level clouds above the foothills of Boulder, Colorado. Turned out to be a wonderful viewing of the comet!

Similar video from the previous night, March 13, 2013.
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http://vimeo.com/61777171 http://www.pcully.blogspot.com Even though there were some serious clouds over Boulder at sunset I still decided to have a go at Comet Panstarrs. Luckily two layers of clouds set up and the comet streaked right through the clear spot in the middle. At the bottom of the pic...

http://vimeo.com/60922932 All photography by Patrick Cullis - http://www.pcully.blogspot.com Music - "4th Fret Reprise" by Excavacations. Finally started messing around with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and am incredibly happy with the results. Film compiles video and time-lapse photography of ...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8271276713_a007cfa93c_b.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8272067754_dfd6ef7d08_b.jpg 2012 Geminid Meteor shower from Boulder, Colorado. Fantastic show!!! I was blessed with amazingly clear skies instead of the National Weather Service predicted 73% cloud cov...

VENUS 2012 http://vimeo.com/50583656 Leading up to the 2012 Transit of Venus, our sister planet made several stunning conjunctions in the evening sky. Close encounters with Jupiter, the Moon, Pleiades, and our own Sun are all paired with the incredible backdrop of the iconic Flatirons of Boulder, C...

[attachment=0]pcully1.jpg[/attachment] http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5452/7182520493_6993b8c5ac_h.jpg [attachment=1]pcully2.jpg[/attachment] http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8027/7367650098_036bc1f592_h.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfqLmIqjqzY And a video I put together from 4,000 photos of the ...

I finally got my video of the Transit of Venus together. I used two telescopes and two cameras to capture time-lapse sequences of this magnificent astronomical event of 2012. I hope you enjoy it. I had a whole lot of fun planning and executing this shoot.

http://vimeo.com/43523342 A quick video of a jet crossing the Sun along with Venus. I thought the contrails were especially awesome. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8151/7159966225_647d297f7a_b.jpg Airliner crossing the Sun during the Transit of Venus. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7159933317_07...

http://vimeo.com/42535247 I had to drive three hours to find a clear patch of sky, but man, was it worth it! Video and stills of the Annular Solar Eclipse from outside of New Castle, Colorado. Below are some of my still images. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/7246709934_c0d0ea309f_h.jpg The Ecli...

I saw it at Phil Plait's talk in Boulder, CO on May 12, 2012.

http://vimeo.com/40827046 My photograph in the Lyrid Meteor Shower Gallery above was just one of 1300 images I took the night of April 21 following the meteor shower from Boulder, Colorado. Here is the time-lapse video of the shower. A lot of the streaks seen are actually airplanes, but I captured ...