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Massive DC-10 Fighting the Slinkard Fire Above My House This was two evenings ago. Since then the active fire line had moved north and west. #SlinkardFire #wildfire #news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPvToP4hi94&feature=share

Bodie's 193 earthquakes over 1.5 Magnitude The shaking in Bodie continues! When I search the USGS site for earthquakes 1.5 and over, it shows 193 in the past week. Apparently some windows have broken, some brick buildings have been damaged, so the park has been closed through Sunday so the damage can be assessed and buildings stabilized. The activity could last two months, so there is the possibility of strong aftershocks as well. For photos of the historic town of Bodie, see my album with over 400: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/albums/72157630926160354 Photo usage permission may be granted with appropriate credit, so contact me with any requests. #earthquakes   #Hawthorne   #Nevada   #science   #news

Candlelight Vigils in Every State Sunday Night Photographers, these events could make for some interesting and historic photos, in this most interesting of recent elections. http://www.vigilsforamerica.com https://www.facebook.com/pg/uniteamericaorg/events/ #news   #photojournalism    #politics   #electoralcollege   http://www.vigilsforamerica.com/

Adam Ondra's Historic Free Climb of El Capitan I was wondering who would be climbing El Capitan at night, but when you have a record to break, every minute is precious. I learned after my workshop last week that we had captured Adam Ondra on his record-breaking free climb of El Capitan on the night of November 15. Outside Magazine has the full story: How Adam Ondra Pulled Off the Dawn Wall http://www.outsideonline.com/2138561/how-adam-ondra-pulled-dawn-wall #AdamOndra #climbing #Yosemite #ElCapitan #news #nightphotography #photographyworkshop #landscapephotography

Yosemite National Park to Close Tioga and Glacier Point Roads Yosemite News Release October 28, 2016 12:00 pm For Immediate Release Incoming Storm Expected to Drop a Significant Amount of Snow in the Park’s Higher Elevations With several major storms expected in the Yosemite Area this weekend, Yosemite National Park is closing Tioga Road at 3:00 pm and Glacier Point Road at 5:00 pm, on Saturday October 29, 2016 This Closure will be in place until further notice. Tioga Road typically closes each fall and remains closed throughout the winter months. The road reopens when weather and road conditions permit in the spring. Yosemite National Park is open year-round with snow removal on all other roads within the park. All roads within the park are subject to chain control or temporary closures due to hazardous driving conditions. All motorists are required to carry tire chains, even if their car is equipped with four-wheel drive, while driving in the park during the winter months. For update...

Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Space Debris 9:37 pm July 27 Space debris enters the atmosphere near Mono Lake California at 9:37 pm July 27, identified as the second stage from the first Chang Zheng 7 rocket, launched Jun 25, reentered at 0440 UTC. A sonic boom (or sound from an explosion) arrived 9:45pm. Www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #astrophotography #canon #6D #news #nightphotography #landscapephotography #space

Space Debris 9:37 pm July 27 Space debris enters the atmosphere near Mono Lake California at 9:37 pm July 27, identified as the second stage from the first Chang Zheng 7 rocket, launched Jun 25, reentered at 0440 UTC. A sonic boom (or sound from an explosion) arrived 9:45pm. Www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #astrophotography #canon #6D #news #nightphotography #landscapephotography #space

Marina Fire by Mono Lake This time-lapse video of the Marina Fire covers roughly Friday 10:30 pm to Saturday morning 2 am: https://youtu.be/jx7okQkWzwo #marinafire   #monolake   #easternsierra   #leevining   #california   #wildfire   #breakingnews   #news  Jeff Sullivan Photography  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7okQkWzwo

*Comet Catalina Nears Its Closest Point to Earth This Week^ A photo of Comet Catalina at 12:34 am this morning. Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina This Morning Comet Catalina was easy to find this morning as it passed near the bright star Alkaid, at the far end of the Big Dipper's handle. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #Comet #Catalina #astrophotography #astronomy #news

Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina This Morning Comet Catalina was easy to find this morning as it passed near the bright star Alkaid, at the far end of the Big Dipper's handle. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #Comet #Catalina #astrophotography #astronomy #news

Aurora Borealis in California and Nevada I added two successively cropped views of the aurora borealis time-lapse from early yesterday morning so you can see more detail: https://youtu.be/7RVbUXz94ac #astronomy   #science   #news   www.MyPhotoGuides.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVbUXz94ac&feature=share

Photographing the Aurora Borealis Last Night Story of the pursuit of heavenly light in the Range of Light: http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/06/aurora-borealis-california-timelapse-video.html #nightphotography   #astrophotography   #astronomy   #news   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Aurora Borealis This Morning The aurora borealis was visible this morning from the dark skies of Mono County, in the Eastern Sierra region of California.  Here's my time-lapse video of the event:  https://youtu.be/NaQiOQrQ_S8?list=PL6012D9822C1BA1E7 #auroraborealis   #astronomy   #news   #breakingnews   www.JeffSullivanPhotography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaQiOQrQ_S8&feature=autoshare

Photos from the Washington Fire Near Markleeville, California The fire is roughly halfway to our house, but hopefully the more moderate winds today will enable the firefighters to slow its spread.  Full containment is estimated for June 30, but a lot can change between now and then. Here's my new blog post with more http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/06/23/photos-from-the-washington-fire-near-markleeville-california/ The Pacific Crest Trail Association published a useful map showing the fire's progress around Monitor Pass. I'll put more photos on DripThat, a new app and community which facilitates the telling of stories through pictures, video and text.  You can find the DripThat app in the Apple App Store ( http://bit.ly/1dhaequ ), and you can connect with me in the community to see more of my photos from my road trips: https://dripthat.com/pr?id=jeffsullivan #washingtonfire   #news   #photojournalism   #dripthat   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Massive Asteroid BL86 Approaches Earth Here's a composite photo to go with the time-lapse video I posted this morning of mountain-sized Asteroid 2004 BL46 (357439) as it approached earth last night.  Fortunately this pass was a near-miss, coming no closer than 3X the distance to the moon.  That's still very close in terms of the vastness of space, and it'll be interesting to see how close it comes on its next lap 8000 years from now. This still image was assembled from the first 60 images I captured, the video clips from 119 separate images of the sky.  Click on my name to see all of my posts to see my post this morning with the video.  I also posted photos and video of Comet Lovejoy in recent days. The sequences of photos of the asteroid last night were taken with a full frame DSLR and 70-200 mm lens, on a star-tracking mount. The evening sky is becoming bright with the moonlight, so I lowered the they ISO sensitivity to 2000. I tried a second camera using an 85mm lens at ...

Comet Lovejoy: 2.5 Hours of Time-lapse Video, 640 mm Focal Length The video I embedded in my blog post linked below is pretty cool... I can't wait to shoot the comet again tonight! #cometlovejoy   #timelapsevideo   #science   #news   #astrophotography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Comet Lovejoy Last Night Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy has reached its maximum brightness.  This is a photo of it last night, as seen under the dark skies of the Eastern Sierra.  Knowing where to look (near the star cluster Pleiades) I was able to just make it out with my eyes, then find it with a 70-200 mm lens. It showed up well in photos captured on a full frame DSLR with 16 - 35 mm lens at 30 mm focal length with no star tracking mount, but for the 200 mm shots I used a tracking mount so the stars wouldn't "drag" in the photo from the rotation of the earth. #science   #news   #astronomy   #astrophotography   #photography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Comet Lovejoy, above and to the right of Orion If you're familiar with the constellation Orion, shown in this picture, Comet Lovejoy (the blue-green fuzzy dot with faint white tail) can be found above and to the right of Orion over the next week or two.  Comet Lovejoy will move up in the sky a bit more each night. This photo of Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy was captured two nights ago facing the eastern horizon at 7:21 pm, January 7, 2014.  It's a vertical crop from a landscape orientation shot captured at a wide 24 mm focal length. Photograph Comet Lovejoy in January http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/01/photograph-comet-c2014-q2-lovejoy.html #science   #news   #astronomy   #astrophotography   #nightphotography    www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

See Comet Lovejoy Tonight Here's a quick test image from last night.  You can just see the comet's tail to the left, but the nearly-full moon interfered.  Tonight should be much better without the moon.  I can't wait!  To find the comet in the sky, see also "Finding Lovejoy: How to Follow the Path of Comet 2014 Q2 Through January" by Universe Today: http://www.universetoday.com/117794/finding-lovejoy-how-to-follow-the-path-of-comet-2014-q2-through-january/ #science   #news   #breakingnews   #astronomy   #astrophotography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Photograph Comet Lovejoy Tonight Here's a test image from last night.  Tonight should be much better without the moon!  to find the comet in the sky, see also "Finding Lovejoy: How to Follow the Path of Comet 2014 Q2 Through January" by Universe Today: http://www.universetoday.com/117794/finding-lovejoy-how-to-follow-the-path-of-comet-2014-q2-through-january/ #science   #news   #breakingnews   #astronomy   #astrophotography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com