7 May 2019
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Kingfishers are known for fishing, but fish is not big on the laughing kookaburras menu. It will sit perched high like a fence post seen here, and wait for…
19 Oct 2017
Principe kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus nais)
During my stay on Principe I had a lot of lovely encounters with one of the resident pairs of Principe kingfishers. If I was inside my room and heard the…
28 Sep 2015
2015 lunar eclipse
What an amazing night!! Perfect conditions due to a high pressure system. No wind, and no significant clouds during totality. After totality and towards…
20 Mar 2015
2015 total solar eclipse
This total eclipse of the sun was very hard to see from land as only the islands of Svalbard and Faroe was in the path of totality. Just 3 days before the…
15 Jun 2011
Total lunar eclipse of June 2011
At this time of the year the nights are hardly noticable, as the sun is below the horizon for just a few hours - during which the sky never darkens enough for…
11 Jul 2010
2010 total solar eclipse
The first photo is right before the totality begins (second contact) with the Baily's beads. I viewed this eclipse from the Anaa atoll in the Tuamotu…
22 Jul 2009
2009 total solar eclipse – the longest eclipse of the century
In 2006 I witnessed my first total solar eclipse in Antalya Turkey. I was lost for words! Tears were flowing! Nothing can make a non-witness remotely…