Blood Moon Rising: The full moniker for this event is the Super Wolf Blood Moon. It's a super moon because of its close proximity to earth, a wolf moon because it is the first full moon of the year and a blood moon because it is an eclipse.
Luminous Waterfalls, Northern Lights Iceland: Low clouds gave way to clear skies and a midnight showing of the Aurora Borealis near Borgarnes Iceland.
"Thunder" Moon Rising Over Seattle: A helicopter greets this mid-summer moon rising over the Seattle skyline.
Moon Shine on the Bay: The mid-summer "Thunder Moon" dapples the water in Seattle's Elliot Bay.
High Desert Milkyway: The Milky Way gives faint illumination to campers on a moonless evening near Bend Oregon.
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Crescent Moon Over Venus: The crescent moon setting over the Belt of Venus, Portland Oregon
Abandoned Homestead at Night: An old homestead sits under evening stars and clouds where it watches over the Waterville Plateau near Dyer Washington.
Blue Hour Crescent Moon: Crescent moon setting over Lake Sammamish in the blue hour after sunset.
Angling Home: Anglers returing to the dock under a crescent moon setting over Lake Sammamsih in the blue hour after sunset.
Chief Kiwanda Rock Under a Crescent Moon - Portrait: The crescent moon and Venus setting behind Chief Kiwanda Rock in the blue hour after sunset in Pacific City Oregon.
Chief Kiwanda Rock Under Venus and a Crescent Moon - Landscape: The crescent moon and Venus setting behind Chief Kiwanda Rock in the blue hour after sunset in Pacific City Oregon.
Starry Night at Smith Rock: A gibbous moon provided faint light to illuminate Smith Rock at night. A long exposure sequence captured Polaris and star trails rotating above the peak.
Les Williams - Smith Rock Star Trails: A gibbous moon provided faint light to illuminate Smith Rock at night. A long exposure sequence captured Polaris and star trails rotating above the peak.
Cascade Moonrise B&W: The clouds parted on an overcast day to reveal the moon rising above Twin Peaks near Mt. Baker in the Washington Cascades
Crescent Moon Setting: A setting crescent moon provides faint illumination to the Kitsap Peninsula in the background while the West Point Lghthouse at Seattle's Discovery Park flashes its beacon to vessels in the Puget Sound in the foreground.
Starry Eruption Over Mt. St. Helens: The Milky Way seems to erupt from Mt. St. Helens on the eve of the new moon in late August. Light pollution emanating from Portland OR and Vancouver WA glows over the left flank of the mountain. The image is a composite of a foreground exposure taken at dusk and a starry sky exposure taken just before midnight.
At Arch Cape Oregon
Northern Lights: Blue light of the aurora borealis and a few stars manage to glow through Pacific Northwest clouds near Duval Washinngton
Borrego Valley Startrails: Startrails swirl over a solitary Borrego-Valley farmhouse seen at the foot of Coyote Peak on a soft moonlit night.
Moon Light on Coyote Mountain: A waxing gibbous moon gives faint illumination to Coyote Mountain and a desert homestead nestled in a copse of trees near the entrance to Coyote Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Moonrise over Coyote Mountain : Viewed across the creosote-bush studded, alluvial plain near the entrance to Coyote Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert. A house nestled in a copse of willows sites at the far side of the plain at the foot of the mountain.
Moonrise over Coyote Mountain : Viewed across the creosote-bush studded, alluvial plain near the entrance to Coyote Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert. A house nestled in a copse of willows sites at the far side of the plain at the foot of the mountain.
Evening Moonrise: Viewed across the creosote-bush studded, alluvial plain near the entrance to Coyote Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert. A house nestled in a copse of willows sites at the far side of the plain at the foot of the mountain.
Evening Moonrise: Viewed across the creosote-bush studded, alluvial plain near the entrance to Coyote Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert. A house nestled in a copse of willows sites at the far side of the plain at the foot of the mountain.
Golden Hour Moonrise over Coyote Mountain : Viewed across the creosote-bush studded, alluvial plain near the entrance to Coyote Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert. A house nestled in a copse of willows sites at the far side of the plain at the foot of the mountain.
Golden Hour Moonrise over Coyote Mountain : Viewed across the creosote-bush studded, alluvial plain near the entrance to Coyote Canyon in the Anza-Borrego Desert. A house nestled in a copse of willows sites at the far side of the plain at the foot of the mountain.
An Eye in the Sky: The rising moon peeks through the cloud cover looking over a farmhouse nestled in a copse of trees at the foot of Coyote Mountain in the Anza-Borrego Desert.
San Ysidro Moonset: Moon set behind the San Ysidro Mountians drenched in the cinnamon glow of dawn's early morning light.
Blue Hour Moonset : A notch of the San Ysidro Mountains near Indianhead peak catches a setting moon in early March morning.
