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This picture is a composite of many meteors captured over several hours. It is clear how all the meteors originate from the same point in the sky in…
A nice 2-day trip down the flatwater section of the Oxtongue River from Canoe Lake to Oxtongue Lake. Some parts of the river were filled with grass which…
After a blizzard, the snow stuck to the windward side of the trees in this interesting pyramidal shape
During an unusually cold and snowy winter in Vancouver, BC. You don’t see this every year!
The two really bright stars are part of Orion’s belt. The third star in the belt is out of the frame
I’m surprised how well this one turned out using just a normal DSLR camera attached to the telescope, without specialized astrophotographic filters. #NoFilter As such, it’s a true-color…
The rainbow colors in the top right aren’t actually part of the nebula! It was a humid evening, so the fog rising over a nearby lake created a…
Pictures of theĀ VeilĀ Nebula don’t tend to do justice to the breathtaking field of stars in which it resides, so I wanted to give equal prominence to the nebula…
Our closest neighbours in the Local Group of galaxies, but still an incredible 2-3 million light-years away
I have come to a still, but not a deep center, A point outside the glittering current; My eyes stare at the bottom of a river, At the…
About 30 minutes after the stunning auroral display in the previous post, we were treated to the best possible encore as STEVE appeared directly overhead, accompanied by a…
We were lucky enough to catch this show soon after dark while kayak camping on Philip Edward Island near Killarney, Ontario. The beauty of crown land camping is…
I was intrigued to discover this mysterious red skyglow show up in my camera, which wasn’t visible to the naked eye. Since it happened about 30 minutes before…
Kayak camping on Philip Edward Island near Killarney, Ontario. The patterns carved into the rocks by glacial activity during the last Ice Age look just like the geometric…
Morning is the best time to enjoy the Trent-Severn Waterway before the motorboats take over. After that, it feels like you’re trying to ride a bike on Highway…
Bonus: 4 years of my progress in astrophotography
When else can you travel to the high arctic without leaving the comfort of your own city? The ice jam broke up later in the day: https://twitter.com/StormhunterTWN/status/1494419084649324545
Seen at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek as it flows into Lake Ontario. The pancakes form as chunks of ice spin slowly in the current until they are…