Not so many cloud formations caught my eye over summer and autumn.
Here are some I liked for their shapes, colour and of course contrast with sky blues and sun yellows……
Sunrise – sometimes like sunset!
Clouds – in an autumn sunset
Sunset with expansive skies
The other night, as we entered a concerted high pressure weather system, the moon rose through an interesting cloud fragmentation (which I missed capturing) only to reveal absolute clarity in the night sky. Stars in my eyes followed………..
The sky was very blue black and bright in the moonlight and the stars were very very bright and clear. So with a simple phone camera I caught some surprising images. Normally I struggle to replicate my naked eye views of the stars.
I think by the TV aerial just above is Aldebaran and Hyades? while centre is Orions belt and above is Betelgeuse and below Rigel? and just into the cloud at the top may be Castor and Pollux – Gemini?
Best I can offer for the above two is Hydra on the left edge?
It looks like Cassiopeia – the cluster towards top left by the cloud? and that bottom light is starlike but badly out of focus.
Orions belt centre and Aldebaran upper right?
is it possible these stars to centre and left are andromeda?
The sunset which made me look skywards to start with, had some isolated whispery shower clouds.
For the proper stargazers – All images taken in northern england at 19:25 in the evening on 7th March 2023 – you can tell I am no astronomer.
This Winter was wet and is now dry – it has been sometimes cold but the overwhelming feeling is it is another mild winter – famous last words, as Spring is not yet with us and it can still snow and freeze well into April………
Sunrise-Sunset
2023 like 2022 seems to have been richer for its sunrise and sunsets.
This summer has been great for sky – blue sky and clouds as well as sunsets.
The rest of the images were taken in one evening
eventually the sun drops further and more muted cooler pinks and greys return……..
More Sky pictures………… three different sunsets
Next up will be more on Italian Wars of Independence.
The Wargaming Erratic 