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oldguy52 - resist, live, love<p>Still working on sunrises to help steady myself before the next onslaught of attacks from the mad hatter and his gestapo DOGE crew. If you have not seen last nights Maddow, please take the time to watch that in full, and read Dr. Richardson's letter. </p><p>Locally, dark skies are hard to find. Our nearest Class 2 skies are at the <br>Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. They do not permit camping overnight, so the task is to get up ~11:30 or midnight, to assess the skies, take the 2 hour drive, hope clouds have not moved in and then shoot the Milky Way through Blue Hour and switch to Sunrise, then Bison and Baby Bison (best in May). BTW if you are out there, the night ranch hands will come by to check on you.</p><p>The switch from Blue to Golden hour is accompanied by increased animal activity. In this case the rout (or pack) of Coyotes that were hanging around ~30 meters behind me started calling and yipping until the sun came up -- thrilling to hear.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/20mm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>20mm</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Sunrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunrise</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/400mm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>400mm</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TallgrassPrairiePreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TallgrassPrairiePreserve</span></a></p>
oldguy52 - resist, live, love<p>Smoky sunrise. Sunrise at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve a couple of years ago.</p><p>There were multiple wind-driven wildfires yesterday afternoon and night. One moved into the town of Mannford and claimed several buildings and homes. Air quality with dust and smoke hit 333 at 01:00 CDT this morning. Coverage, other than local news and spotters, was dismal. The fires did not make it to INCIWeb or MODIS. Only the Infrared satellites and the GOES-East Fire Temperature maps showed the fires. That lack of information made it difficult to keep friends without TV access informed. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Sunrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunrise</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LandscapePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandscapePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TallgrassPrairiePreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TallgrassPrairiePreserve</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/200mm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>200mm</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DarkTable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkTable</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WildFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildFires</span></a></p>
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