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Hypnosis

Parry Sound trestle

Walking in an autumn wonderland

Fall in Bancroft

In early fall, the vibrant red maples are the first to peak in colour, and the first to shed their leaves

Picnic at the edge of the world

Perseid meteor shower, August 2023

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…

Oxtongue River, Algonquin Park

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…

Borer’s Falls

Mother Nature’s graffiti

After a blizzard, the snow stuck to the windward side of the trees in this interesting pyramidal shape

When the snow turns the forest into a cathedral

During an unusually cold and snowy winter in Vancouver, BC. You don’t see this every year! The branches are like marvellous arabesques.

Toronto Noir

Fall in Algonquin

Fall in Forks of the Credit

A very nice lookout on the Bruce Trail

Horsehead and Flame Nebulas

The two really bright stars are part of Orion’s belt. The third star in the belt is out of the frame

The Heart Nebula lives up to its name

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…

North America Nebula

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…

Veil Nebula, in an infinite sea of stars

Pictures of the Veil 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…

Andromeda Galaxy and Triangulum Galaxy

Our closest neighbours in the Local Group of galaxies, but still an incredible 2-3 million light-years away

Finding Zen on Lake Ontario

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…

STEVE and green picket-fence aurora in Killarney

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…

Northern lights in Killarney in September 2022

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…

Sunrise on Lake Ontario: a greatest hits album

Milky way and intense red skyglow in Killarney

I was intrigued to discover this mysterious red skyglow in my picture, which wasn’t visible to the naked eye. Since it happened about 30 minutes before moonrise, I…

If a Group of Seven painting came to life, it would be Killarney

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…