landscape &mdash; Mitchell Report https://michaelmitchell.blog/tag:landscape A personal blog for Michael Mitchell Mon, 04 May 2026 14:17:32 +0000 Spooky Full Moon January 2, 2026 https://michaelmitchell.blog/spooky-full-moon-january-2-2026?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[A moody night sky with a bright moon partially obscured by thick, textured clouds, with silhouettes of tree tops visible at the bottom. I just had to snap a photo when I saw this scene. A full moon peeking out from behind those clouds. It was such a dramatic, moody sight with the silhouettes of trees just barely visible at the bottom. Isn't it amazing how nature puts on a show like this? This is a werewolf's nightmare 😉. #photos #landscape p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.95em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #0c5c35; line-height: 1.8;" span class="tinylytics_kudos"/span 💬 a href="https://remark.as/p/michaelmitchell.blog/spooky-full-moon-january-2-2026"Discuss.../a a href="mailto:michaelm2@michaelmitchell.blog" style="color:#0c5c35;text-decoration:none"✉️ Email/a 🦣 a href="https://writing.exchange/@michaelm2" rel="me" style="color: #0c5c35; text-decoration: none;"Reply on Mastodon/a /p !--emailsub--]]> A moody night sky with a bright moon partially obscured by thick, textured clouds, with silhouettes of tree tops visible at the bottom.

I just had to snap a photo when I saw this scene. A full moon peeking out from behind those clouds. It was such a dramatic, moody sight with the silhouettes of trees just barely visible at the bottom. Isn't it amazing how nature puts on a show like this? This is a werewolf's nightmare 😉.

#photos #landscape

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]]> https://michaelmitchell.blog/spooky-full-moon-january-2-2026 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:54:10 +0000 A Day of Celestial Discoveries and Misty Mornings https://michaelmitchell.blog/a-day-of-celestial-discoveries-and-misty-mornings?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Today was a peculiar yet fulfilling day. It started with a dense fog but cleared up nicely. I managed to capture the sun through my telescope for the first time, and I also spotted the moon in broad daylight, though the telescope had some trouble pinpointing it. I hope you find the images as delightful as I did. They were taken with my Zwo Seestar S30, except for the fog picture, which I captured with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. A blurry photograph taken from inside a car at night, showing a view of a road with traffic lights and faint outlines of trees in foggy or misty conditions. The dashboard of the car is visible in the foreground. smallDriving through a foggy night, the world blurs into a mysterious haze of lights and shadows./small A serene sky with a soft gradient from deep to light blue, featuring a pale moon visible in daylight and several small birds flying in the distance. smallBirds dance around the daylit moon, painting a serene scene in the vast blue canvas above./small A close-up image of the sun showing a detailed and textured orange surface surrounded by darkness, highlighting sunspots and solar features. smallGazing into the cosmic abyss, the sun reveals its fiery solitude surrounded by the dark embrace of space./small #photos #landscape #nature p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.95em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #0c5c35; line-height: 1.8;" span class="tinylytics_kudos"/span 💬 a href="https://remark.as/p/michaelmitchell.blog/a-day-of-celestial-discoveries-and-misty-mornings"Discuss.../a a href="mailto:michaelm2@michaelmitchell.blog" style="color:#0c5c35;text-decoration:none"✉️ Email/a 🦣 a href="https://writing.exchange/@michaelm2" rel="me" style="color: #0c5c35; text-decoration: none;"Reply on Mastodon/a /p !--emailsub--]]> Today was a peculiar yet fulfilling day. It started with a dense fog but cleared up nicely. I managed to capture the sun through my telescope for the first time, and I also spotted the moon in broad daylight, though the telescope had some trouble pinpointing it. I hope you find the images as delightful as I did. They were taken with my Zwo Seestar S30, except for the fog picture, which I captured with the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. A blurry photograph taken from inside a car at night, showing a view of a road with traffic lights and faint outlines of trees in foggy or misty conditions. The dashboard of the car is visible in the foreground.

Driving through a foggy night, the world blurs into a mysterious haze of lights and shadows.

A serene sky with a soft gradient from deep to light blue, featuring a pale moon visible in daylight and several small birds flying in the distance.

Birds dance around the daylit moon, painting a serene scene in the vast blue canvas above.

A close-up image of the sun showing a detailed and textured orange surface surrounded by darkness, highlighting sunspots and solar features.

Gazing into the cosmic abyss, the sun reveals its fiery solitude surrounded by the dark embrace of space.

#photos #landscape #nature

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]]> https://michaelmitchell.blog/a-day-of-celestial-discoveries-and-misty-mornings Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:04:44 +0000 December 2, 2025 https://michaelmitchell.blog/december-2-2025?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[A vibrant sunrise sky in fiery shades of orange and red, with silhouettes of bare, twisted tree branches overhanging a dark roof. smallMorning blaze: Silhouetted branches against a fiery sunrise sky, painting a dramatic beginning to the day./small !--more-- #photography #photos #landscape p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.95em; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #0c5c35; line-height: 1.8;" span class="tinylytics_kudos"/span 💬 a href="https://remark.as/p/michaelmitchell.blog/december-2-2025"Discuss.../a a href="mailto:michaelm2@michaelmitchell.blog" style="color:#0c5c35;text-decoration:none"✉️ Email/a 🦣 a href="https://writing.exchange/@michaelm2" rel="me" style="color: #0c5c35; text-decoration: none;"Reply on Mastodon/a /p !--emailsub--]]> A vibrant sunrise sky in fiery shades of orange and red, with silhouettes of bare, twisted tree branches overhanging a dark roof.

Morning blaze: Silhouetted branches against a fiery sunrise sky, painting a dramatic beginning to the day.

#photography #photos #landscape

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