Photos from the Deep

I hope those in the mid-west of the US are staying safe. Very severe weather.

4/2/2025. Morning in the garden. Pear blooms, house finches, ladderback woodpecker.

Jupiter and Pleiades above number two. The spot. Bumble Bee, Az.

Barrel cactus at the spot growing right out of the rock.

Ocotillo blooms with native bee and flies.

Jupiter and Pleiades above. Bumble Bee, Az.

Meanwhile, down on the ground, this tiny fishhook cactus.

Costa's hummingbird out at the spot.

Ocotillo blooms. Saguaro bokeh.

Ocotillo during the blue hour. Bumble Bee, Az.

Last night out at the spot. The jet with the high beams caught my attention. Didn't expect the other four and the shooting star in this 25 second exposure.

Barrel cactus out at the spot.

Baby ocotillo. Bumble Bee, Az.

Full size.

3/25/2025. Christmas cholla in West Sedona, Az.

It was two weeks ago that I shot that previous timelapse with all that snow. Today it was 95 degrees F.

Storm break in Fay Canyon, Sedona, Az. At about 11 pm the moon and stars started to shine.