Comet A/2023 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Last night I was finally able to captured some photographs of the comet.

Beautiful sunrise to start my birthday 

Valles Caldera

 On October 6th we went up to the Jemez Mountains to view the night skies from the Valles Caldera.

This is the sunrise taken from the Ortiz Mountains on 10/14/2024.

Santa Fe Farmer's Market

Time to restock the food int the house after the trip. Still more pictures of the trip to come.

Beautiful sunrise to start the day

Rail Runner coming through the market

Back home developing pictures

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 10/6/2024

Exploring Mesa Verde

 We started the day with a guided tour of the Cliff Palace. Fortunately, we scheduled an early time and were in the shade. The guide was very good at imparting information about the dwellings, the people that inhabited the site and how they lived. After, we drove around the park exploring different areas and taking lots of photographs. These are from my iPhone 14pro, I will develop my Nikon camera pictures in a few days after we get home and I have my computer.

Cliff Palace

Kiva

Sunset

Panorama Sunset

Tomorrow we head back home to Santa Fe.

Jemez to Mesa Verde

 This morning we bid farewell to the Jemez Springs as we headed to Mesa Verde.

We took our time to enjoy the scenery and take a few photos along the way.

While going through Aztec we came upon the Aztec Ruins National Monument. We decided to take a look, so glad we did. It is right off the main road and the ruins were great.

Restored Kiva

Kiva

River in Mancos Colorado

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

 Saturday night I packed everything up I would need for our mini excursion. 

Last time my sister and I headed to the Festival I ran over some glass and we had to reschedule. This time I started the car and the rodents had chewed the electrical wiring, again, so when I got to my sister’s house we transferred everything to her car for the trip.

Up at 3am, on the road by 3:30am. We encountered no traffic, until we were off the freeway and about four blocks from our destination. I believe it then took as much time to get parked as it took to drive down.

We able to park pretty close to the entrance, we were in with plenty of time to get a quick bite and find a good location to view the drone display.

Here are some pictures from my iPhone14pro, Nikon pics will take a few days, as I will be traveling.

We left the festival and headed to the Jemez Mountains, where we will spend the night. Valle Caldera is having open nights all this week. I am hoping to capture some wildlife and stars tonight.