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Day 245

Monday, August 31, 2015

After Moonrise with a finger of cloud. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 244

Monday, August 31, 2015

Sunset over Great Falls…or it was an hour or so before…since the smoke cleared out a bit today! A rare view of the Highwood Volcano during an eruption… A mini-me earth-egg coming from the Volcano… ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 243

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Sunset off of the Lanai on Maui! Here is the whole photo as taken (on my broken Nikon P7100!). Which do you like better? ~Curtis, long since back in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 242

Friday, August 28, 2015

Another smokey Sunrise in /\/\onTana!  In eight photos… * * * * * (Note the two sunspots from Day 238 are still there in the upper right near the edge of the Sun.) * ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 241

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Well, the smoke of a thousand forest fires blew into town today, bringing this red, red Moon with it.  I had to resize it down to 75% to get the craters sharp.  The smoke is not a sharpening enhancement. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 240

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Toots and Lugnut head back to school!  3rd and 2nd grades.  And they had a great first day! Photo by Dailylife Daughter #1! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 239

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

A grain elevator in Fife.  You can see the sunspots pretty good here, too. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 238

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The smoke makes for a good way to observe the sun with your naked eye, or in this case camera, as well as illustrating the difference between lens focal lengths.  (Don’t stare at it with a telescope or binoculars…) This is 300mm, 100% crop. This is 400mm, 100% crop. And this is just another photo […]

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Day 237

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Smokey sunrise in Fife, /\/\onTana! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 236

Monday, August 24, 2015

This is up in Glacier County nearing Browning.  There should be the other side of the valley ahead, and Rocky Mountains…just smoke… From the driver’s seat of a red Mercury MKZ! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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