Mark’s journal of photographic projects, thoughts, and commentary.
This year, Muscatine has been a regular stop for the river cruise boats…I think they will make 11 visits overall, ending sometime in October. Lately they’ve been coming in late Monday evening and then folks will visit the Pearl Button Museum, Discovery Park, Pine Creek Mill, and a few other places, on Tuesday morning. It’s … Read more
The fall migration for some bird species begins pretty early. It feels that way to me anyway. We are in mid-September…the days are still warm and the getting is good for bugs and flowers. But this is about the time when the dominant male hummers start to leave on their southward journey. I wish I … Read more
The big Northern Lights display never quite got going down in our neck of the woods. Around 1:30 a pink-purple hue started to build up on the horizon. It didn’t amount to much but was still something to play with…better than eating another bag of cheese crisps I figure. I liked the fog coming in … Read more
May 10th, 2024…for anyone into the night sky stuff, this date will be long remembered. There were numerous reports that the Aurora could be pretty good on this night…but before it even got dark…you could see color between the clouds. The pink and purple was clearly visible to the naked eye. Once it got dark, … Read more
Being in the right place and the right time for the Aurora (Northern Lights) around here is a tricky thing. Many times, the data looked good…at least good enough to justify going out in the middle of nowhere for a few hours and seeing if anything popped up. Usually it didn’t. But every now and … Read more
Cedar Bottoms, as the name implies, is a backwater wildlife area off the Cedar River in Eastern Iowa. It’s one of my favorite places to go to shoot the Northern Lights. I’ve always wanted to catch some lightning there but for that, things have to line up and yesterday, to my good fortune, they did. … Read more