Brutkey

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Tonight is the first clear(ish) night in a couple weeks, so I thought I'd go out and take a few sky pictures. But it's SO COLD ugh (Weather Canada says the windchill is current -30C)

Should I try anyway? Maybe very briefly...

Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
selfie (barely)

Hmmm high clouds+moonlight+snow makes these photos look like daylight! Oh well, now I know.

At least I found my cowl/gaiter/buff/snood/bunnyfacehugger before I went out! Time to drink warm tea.

A nighttime scene showing some frosty spruce trees and stars mostly obscured by high clouds. Me, looking at the camera from underneath many layers so only my eyes are visible. There's a green winter hat, a warm stripey face cover, a brown scarf over all that, and a black hood over all that, with a tan jacket covering everything.
Prof. Sam Lawler
@sundogplanets@mastodon.social

Ok this one is actually quite nice. Just not very many stars.

And this is with a ~75% moon, imagine with 4x full moonlight like fucking Reflect Orbital wants to do! Gross.

Nevermind, don't imagine that. Just look at this beautiful scene and appreciate the stars you can see, and also appreciate that it's probably not nearly as cold where you live right now.

A small clump of tall spruce trees, perfectly frosted, with a flat farm landscape in the background. There are also high clouds and a few stars peeking through, including the Pleiades.