Just Another Upper Niagara River Sunset

Yup, it's just yet another sunset. We are used to this color of gold....  

I am just so lucky to always be in some fabulous locations with awesome clouds and sunsets!

Misty Golden-Brown Niagara Falls Sunset

As you know, there are wild fires throughout the West Coast. What a sad loss of property and lives. Our hearts go out to those who have been affected by these fires.....  In western New York (WNY), we are seeing a bit of those fires, as the smoke is being blown here across the country as well. 

Stay safe and please stay well!

Upper Niagara River Sunsets

 Are sometimes just the best and most colorful!! Don't believe me? Is this not a wonderfully golden and unique sunset?

Staying up All Night (or at least for a few hours)

Anyone who knows me personally knows I get little sleep at night. Seems I am always online or not sleeping. Well, that all changed over four years ago when I promised myself that when my better half sleeps, she will not sleep alone.

After the excitement and late-evening chases looking to see where we could spot the Comet Neowise again and in a different spots, Sheila has now turned her attention to the Milky Way, with a few of a pop-up rainbow between rain storms! 

After a few attempts in areas we thought would be "dark" but actually was not, we looked around to see what nearby areas would be darker. That is not an easy thing to accomplish these days of electricity and whole towns and cities being all lit up!

 BUT, to see the Milky Way in an area - IF you are so lucky as to find a truly dark place with NO or little light pollution - it's a incredible sight to see! Out of four attempts within a week, only one far location had "clear" enough skies, even though a small over-the-horizon hamlet was throwing light light into our scene, and there was an unexpected 20-minute fireworks show behind the tree!

Disclaimer: Blogpost has changed the blog posting interface, so if you see the images and words strangely, blame it on them!! I've updated this blog several times to fix display problems, but apparently, it doesn't display properly!! Also, even the images are displayed screwed up!  

I also notice the ability to view the images in a "scroll" when clicked on, now doesn't function correctly!!

Looking SKYward to NeoWise

The comet C/2020 F3 (NeoWise) has been on the news and online for weeks now, and it's the brightest comet seen so far this year! 

Over the Niagara Falls on 14 July (comet is at far right corner in the clouds)

Sheila and I have been snapping pixs of it for three days, not including last Wednesday when we had thunderstorms most of the day and night so it was impossible to see. We have also been trying to get the comet in different WNY locations, and so far succeeding! The last time I saw a comet at all, was in Rota, Spain back in the late 90s, and I remember seeing that comet even during the day hours, it was soooo bright!!! No pictures from that as it was still my film days, but how I remember the details so well!!

At Niawanda over the Radisson Hotel Niagara Falls-Grand Island

So do YOU look up to the sky at night? We do, and so should you!! The comet has been in the NW sky now, and "rising" each following day even higher than the night previous. We have even tried to see it, and with success, even on cloudy days when the forecast cloud cover was less 50%. Good luck!!

Both above pixs while at Old Fort Niagara last night