The morning sky was loaded with aircraft contrails on Sunday, November 28, 2010. The three contrails at left center are diffuse--the usual result of higher humidity aloft. Persistent contrails are mainly composed of water naturally present along the aircraft flight path. This view looks southeast as seen from Noelridge Christian Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around 7:45 AM.
A waning moon, two days removed from full, shines in the eastern sky through cirrus clouds left of the constellation Orion--the great hunter in Greek mythology. The bright star at top right is Aldebaran in Taurus. At lower left partially obscured by the tree top are the stars Castor (upper) and Pollux-- the twins--in Gemini. The main image in this composite shot was a 13-second exposure at f/8 with an ISO rating of 1000. This photo was captured from Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around 10:35 PM on Tuesday, November 23, 2010.
A rainbow stretches over a roof and weather station following a light rain shower just after 6:30 PM on Friday, August 21, 2009. This view, taken from Brentwood Drive NE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, looks northeast.
A waxing crescent moon sets in the southwest sky over a tree line containing a nature trail near Boyson Park in Marion, Iowa. At center bottom is a beacon-topped power line tower located along the trail. Note the earthshine on the moon's dark area. This image was captured around 8:15 PM on Monday, October 11, 2010. It is a 1.3-second exposure at f/4.5 with an ISO rating of 640.
Westbound traffic on Collins Road NE near the intersection of C Avenue in Cedar Rapids, Iowa seem unaware of the presence of the mushrooming cumulonimbus cloud behind them around 5:40 PM on Monday, July 7, 2008. The storm cell was very isolated and very concentrated. The intersection in this image is located near the Rockwell-Collins facilities complex, toward the left. I took this photo from my driver's side window.
Fog shrouds this scene looking west into Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around 6:20 AM on Tuesday, November 16, 2010. The fog had formed from a relatively clear sky only in the last two hours or so. Temperatures at this time were around 28 degrees F. This was an eight-second exposure at f/8 with an ISO rating of 500.
The constellation Orion (right center) dominates the early morning sky at Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the season of winter quickly approaches. In Greek mythology, the great hunter Orion's prey is Taurus the bull (upper right), and he is followed by his dogs (one of which contains the bright star Sirius at left center). The sky at this moment held a thin veil of haze, and indeed within the hour heavy ground fog began to develop in the 30-degree air. This photo, looking southwest, was captured around 3:55 AM, Tuesday, November 16, 2010. It is a 30-second exposure at f/3.5, a focal length of 18mm and an ISO rating of 500.
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