The Natural History of Bodega Head

    Waning crescent Moon on the left and a bright Venus on the right.  Photographed from Cotati in the early morning of 19 October 2025. A...

    We lingered at the coast tonight to try to see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.  After a beautiful sunset (with Venus, above), we eventually loc...

    I missed seeing the Moon pass in front of Venus this morning, but it was still a pretty view with both high in the early morning sky.

    Crescent moon, Venus, and Saturn at sunset on 23 January 2023.  [Venus is down and to the right of the moon, and Saturn is down and to ...

    A quick shot of the crescent moon and Venus, photographed from Cotati on 7 November 2021.

Waning crescent moon and Venus at dawn on 2 January 2019:   Purplish light at sunset on 2 January 2019:   And sea glass-g...

  Al reminded me to share this photo of the Moon and Venus.  [Click on the image for a larger version.]  Photographed from Cotati o...

I helped out with the Western Sonoma County Christmas Bird Count today.  Whew!  A blustery day!  Not much time for pictures, but here are a ...

A couple of days ago, Skip commented that Mars was probably in the picture I posted of Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon.  He was right, so I tho...

  Well, people in other parts of the world might be surprised that this seems significant, but 23°F is cold for this area!  I took th...