More lunar Photography

Added a couple more shots to the Lunar Photography album, one featuring the Moon and planet Venus, and one featuring a "smiling" Moon. Click on the thumbnails for a larger image, and enjoy.

James :-)

Union Pacific Railroad freight action

I am almost as big a railfan as I am a fan of jets and rockets, so I decided to do a little train stalking and see if I could get some nice shots of Union Pacific's "Lompoc Local" that makes a run from it's home base in Guadalupe, CA to the Celite diatomaceous earth quarry in Lompoc twice a week. Weather was absolutely perfect, and it made for a fun morning chasing this train from the Celite mine out to the main line along the coast that takes it back to Guadalupe.

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James :-)

Snoopy Two

Shortly after Christmas, I was treated to an unexpected visit from MetLife's Snoopy Two blimp, so I did what any good aviation photographer would do...grabbed the camera. For a good two to three hours, Snoopy Two hung out over my house before it continued on Santa Maria Airport, a temporary stopover on it's way to whatever place it was going.

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James :-)