Moonset Coit Tower, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

January 2011 moonset over San Francisco and Coit Tower seen from Treasure Island in SF Bay.

Berkeley Hills Sunset, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

December 11, 2010 sunset over San Francisco Bay made unusual by the persistent tule fog that hugged the ground all day and into evening. Clearing clouds from an intense passing storm contributed the sky color. This is a high dynamic range (HDR) image compositing three frames with different exposures into a single image.

Park City Autumn Foliage, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

Second week of September 2010 showing the onset of fall in Park City, Utah.

Monumental Night Sky, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park’s “The Mittens” silhouetted under the August Milky Way. Composite image created from two frames. Milky Way image made the previous evening outside of Page, Arizona.

Made on a week-long car trip through Nevada, Utah and Arizona. August 2010.

Diver, Stinson Beach, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

Brown pelican diving for Pacific Ocean fish at Stinson Beach, Marin County, California. July-August 2010.

milky way detail–9604_srgb, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

The summer Milky Way in the Northern Hemisphere including the Lagoon Nebula, Scorpius Jewel Box and the Rho Oph nebula. Single frame processed in Lightroom and Photoshop. Image made using a modified Canon 40D with a 17-35mm lens on an Astrotrac TT320X polar mount. Seen from New Mexico Skies.

The Milky Way Over New Mexico, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

The magnificent summer sky’s Milky Way, seen from Elephant Butte State Park, New Mexico. Had to leave when I realized I was in the middle of three different packs of coyotes howling from a distancr at 2 AM. They may have been far, but being triangulated made me feel like prey.

Stinson Stars, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

A sky full of stars over the Pacific Ocean seen from Stinson Beach during Memorial Day weekend, May 2010.

Competiton surfer staying ahead of the advancing wall of water that gave him a ride. Mavericks, February 2010.  Taken from the ‘New Captain Pete’ viewing boat.

Berkeley Hills Sunset Rays, originally uploaded by Pacific Landscapes.

Sunset after a February storm, seen from the Berkeley Hills looking toward San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. HDR image captured while the time-lapse camera setup was clicking away.

This image is reminiscent of one from last year from same spot at same time. As these storms clear I’ll be looking for more broken cloud imagery from interesting places.

Feb. 9, 2010.