In 2021, the partial lunar eclipse passed near the Pleiades in the night sky. In this post we delve into the details of this unique event.

The 2024 total solar eclipse was marred by dense clouds and rain, but it wasn't a total loss.

A deep dive into solar eclipse photography with detailed information, diagrams, and tools to help any photographer to capture this event.

The Annular Solar Eclipse as viewed from Lost Maples State Natural Area in Central Texas.

Composite images and timelapse videos from the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse.

Total Solar Eclipses have 5 distinct phases which I cover in detail to help prepare eclipse enthusiasts to view future events.

Total solar eclipses are rare, and eclipses that traverse the entire US are rarer still, but in 2017 we chased one to Southern Illinois.

The conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter was only momentarily visible for a single, cool and windy night along the Gulf Coast.

From the summit of Skyline Drive in Davis Mountain State Park, the sun finally set and the Milky Way inherited the sky.

Davis Mountains State Park is the perfect location for desert views, dark sky astrophotography, and camping in West Texas.

Scouting locations around the McDonald Observatory in preparation for another night of astrophotography.

With the sun and moon finally below the horizon, the Milky Way ascended into the dark West Texas sky for a fantastic night of photography.

In the midst of a heat wave, the mountains of West Texas called, and I had to go to the broad open skies of the McDonald Observatory.

The allure of the moon at perigee is inescapable, even when Houston weather is largely uncooperative.

All good things must come to an end, even in Big Bend where time's great influence seems to falter.

July 20th, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. Only time will tell when we will finally return.

The brilliant SuperMoon lifted ever higher into the sky and cast a cool and eerie light down onto the quiet desert of Big Bend. I waited...

As the luminous SuperMoon crested the long, gradual curve of the mountain range along the Eastern horizon of Big Bend National Park,...

The sunlight faded slowly, and the cold of a December night in the desert creeped in. The logical part of my brain said that we should...

Our three day hike into the backcountry of the Chisos Mountain Range began on a clear desert morning, November 30th, with the soft...