Light Pollution207 viewsNot exactly an astronomical sketch, but maybe a comment on an issue important to us all. Colored pencil on black paper.
Nielsen Observing early evening49 views
The Sun, The Moon and The Lighthouse378 viewsTo read the accompanying poem, please follow the link:
http://cs.astronomy.com/asy/m/sunandmoon/487875.aspx
Full Moon Glare15 viewsA few weeks ago I stepped out onto my front porch and watched the full moon shine out from behind bands of rolling clouds. Because of an optical effect caused by my glasses, long glaring beams seemed to radiate from the moon's face and spread out over the sky like a ghostly flower. Though the thick clouds proved impenetrable to the moon's reflected brilliance, their edges still shone with feathered silver.