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Nauset Beach, Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
163/365 Over the course of more than 4 hours, we had a spectacularly unique astrological show in the early morning hours of June 24, 2022. Five of our solar system’s planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - aligned in the eastern skies off Cape Cod in their order of the solar system, left to right - with our moon (the brightest object in the sky) “standing in” for Earth! In this image, Mercury is not yet visible (lost in the sunrise) and Saturn is not included because of the huge distance between Jupiter and Saturn. A 14mm lens simply could not capture the breadth of it all!
Sunset fades from the shore of the Shenango Reservoir, as a lone tree welcomes the colors of Christmas Day's night. 12/25/19 ©John Schiller Photography
Christmas Sunset Over Shenango Reservoir #3
From pale yellows to deep reds, sunset paints a beautiful swath across the Western Pennsylvania sky. 15 minutes past sunset 12/25/19. ©John Schiller Photography sunset 12/25/19. ©John Schiller Photography
December 12, 2019 saw the last full moon of the decade rise through the frame of a branch mesh over Pittsburgh's East End. ©John Schiller Photography
Scruff trees overlooking former mill towns along the Monongehla River dance against the canvas of the day's first light. Once this sky served up reflections of beching fires from the local mills. Today, its merely the sun. 12/6/19 Squirrel Hill, PA ©John Schiller Photography
From the heights of east Arlington, Boston wakes up to a hot red sunrise. 11/27/19 Arlington, MA. ©John Schiller Photography
It was a magnificent night for sunsets. I unexpectedly found this one over Mystic Lake. 11/25/19 Medford, MA ©John Schiller Photography
Somewhere in Medford (MA) there's a tree where the eagles land. No eagles today - but plenty of late day color-filled clouds. 11/8/19 ©John Schiller Photography
Sunset washes over a sail boat, absorbing the warmth of the day in the Town Cove. Shot in Orleans, MA / Cape Cod. August 11, 2019 ©John Schiller Photography
Brilliant half moon floating over the sharp roof peak of a house in Marstons Mills Cape Cod.. August 8, 2019 ©John Schiller Photography
Looking east from the Shining Sea Bikeway, the moon rises over a calm pond. Shot on 7/28/15 in Falmouth, MA. ©John Schiller Photography
Sunset highlights the shifting sands and moguls of the Indian desert near Jailsalmer. ©John Schiller Photography
From the Greenfield neighborhood, the clouds caught the last rays of the setting sun as it just slipped below the Pittsburgh horizon. ©John Schiller Photography
Shot in Pittsburgh, PA on January 20/21, 2019 ©John Schiller Photography
The sun breaks over the iconic Back Bay skyline and reaches across the cold waters of the Charles River to the waiting sailboats. Shot from Cambridge MA on November 29, 2017 ©John Schiller Photography
The setting sun ignites the darkening clouds over the marsh along the Shining Sea Bikeway. Storm coming? Shot in Falmouth MA on 7/28/15. © John Schiller Photography
The moon was playing hide and go seek among the clouds and trees. It finally cast its long light across the North Bay. Shot on July 26, 2018 in Marstons Mills, MA. ©John Schiller Photography
Minutes before this image was taken, the skies were somewhat clear - ready for sunset. And then the angry gods woke up. Shot in Pittsburgh, PA on 6/29/18. ©John Schiller Photography
Waves splash up against the rocks off Little Island, as a sailboat heads into the sunset. Shot in Falmouth (Cape Cod), MA on July 31, 2018. ©John Schiller Photography
Beautiful sunset lights up the clouds over Little Island. Shot in Falmouth (Cape Cod), MA on July 31, 2018. ©John Schiller Photography
Up to minutes before sunset, the sky over Race Point Lighthouse was flat, gray and without contrast. Then a small window of light opened up on the edge of the horizon, and enabled the sun's rays to paint the sky crayola pink. Shot at Race Point, Cape Cod, MA on 7/30/18. ©John Schiller Photography
A day after the Blue Blood Supermoon, the moon gently set into the Pacific Ocean without fanfare behind the Oceanside Dock Shot on February 1, 2018 in Oceanside CA © John Schiller Photography
Almost supermoon rise over the frozen Allegheny River - in slowed traffic on the last night of 2017, as we were driving across the Fort Duquesne Bridge. I cannot explain why all levels of the Gulf Tower weather beacon (peeking out from behind the right girder) were magenta that night - unless reflecting the evening's colors. Shot in Pittbsurgh, PA on December 31, 2017 © John Schiller Photography
The August SuperMoon brightly highlights Heinz Chapel in Oakland. Orion can be seen, too, in this summer sky.