The Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place

..and you only need to look up to realize it. We are pretty blessed to be just the right distance from our sun in order to support our kind of species. Looking up into the night sky you begin to feel small, but you also begin to see how much beauty surrounds our little world (and I mean really little in celestial terms). Chris and I will begin to focus our Astrophotography on distant space objects (i.e nebulae, star clusters, planets, etc) Yet when the opportunity presents itself we will definitely still capture the Lunar surface in all its glory. I feel very lucky to live so close to the mountains and am able to escape the light pollution. Enjoy these photos. taken (08/02/2010)
-Stephen Quimpo

Through our eyes, and now yours

This was a real interesting photograph that we ended up getting yesterday (07/30/2010). We tinkered a bit with cameras this trip and are really excited with the results. This photograph just might be one of my favorites, it gives a real feel to how we see it, and it gives a real sense to others what it's like. The tripod in the background makes it super neat!

-Steph

the beginning

Very first astropic taken with Gal refractor telescope and a nikon s570. Photo: Stephen Quimpo










Second astropic taken with Gal refractor telescope and nikon s570. Photo: Stephen Quimpo and Chris Corder











Third astropic taken with Gal refractor telescope and nikon s570. Photo: Stephen Quimpo and Chris Corder