Monday Night’s Lunar Eclipse

I'm going to try to take some photographs should the sky cooperate.

Here are some suggested settings for the camera.

All the times and f-stops are for 200 ISO, so you’ll have to adapt for other ISOs:

Full moon, or moon more than half visible: 1/60 sec. at f/16

Half to one-quarter of the moon visible: 1/30 sec. at f/16

Less than one-quarter of the moon visible: 1/15 sec. at f/16

Just the edge of the moon lit: 1 sec. at f/16

Fully eclipsed at beginning and end of totality: 4 sec. at f/5.6

Fully eclipsed, deepest totality: 8 sec. at f/5.

Troy and Nora

Excitment, Beehive, December 12, 2010

Beehive erupted at 0749 MST after almost 15 minutes of Beehive Indicator.

More Bison in the Snow, December 7, 2010

Bison in the Upper Basin

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Address

December 7, 1941 - A day which should not be forgotten.

Winter in Yellowstone with Bison

Beehive and Coyote, December 4, 2010

Three Old Faithful Eruptions

Old Faithful, August 20, 2010, Third Daylight

Old Faithful, August 20, 2010, Second Daylight

Old Faithful, August 20, 2010, First Daylight

Bread of Life Mission

Bread of Life Mission, originally uploaded by Loisb.

For the truly down on their luck, there's the Bread of Life Mission, which offers 60 bunk beds on the third floor, 23 dorm-style rooms on the second and floor space in the chapel, for men only.

The bunk beds are free for the first two nights and $5 after that, said Keith Orr, who landed at the mission when he first came to Seattle from Tennessee two years ago.

The Little Duck Family

The Little Duck Family, originally uploaded by Loisb.

Always cute and always a sure sign of spring. I may have to visit this little family more often.

It Must Be Spring

It Must Be Spring, originally uploaded by Loisb.

When the locks start getting busy and the big boys come out to play you can tell it's springtime in the Northwest.

Balloons are Fun

Ballons are Fun, originally uploaded by Loisb.

Birthday balloons are great things as this child will testify. So much fun.