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[eytonxav]

Then and now. 37 years today.

Congrats!

 

[jollystomper]

Then and now. 37 years today.

Congratulations!

 

[Koolau]

Great pics!

My pics of similar time spreads remind me I need to lose weight. Sort of the reverse of the "Jenny Craig" or "Weight Watchers" before and after.

 

[pacergal]

Then and now. 37 years today.View attachment 43100View attachment 43101

Congratulations!
Great pictures.

 

[Philliefan33]

It was a nice day on the lake today

 

[Luvtoride]

Two weeks ago in Aruba with my grandkids. I could look at this photo all day to remind myself what is most important in our lives!

 

[Montecfo]

very cute!

 

[Dreamer]

Great pics everyone. Grandkids are most important in our lives too. They are cute!

 

[klec]

A little while back ... Whisper Rock in Scottsdale.

 

[street]

Great pictures!

 

[eytonxav]

A little while back ... Whisper Rock in Scottsdale. View attachment 43344

Very scenic; must be tough to recover if a ball strikes one of the boulders.

 

[Koolau]

Very scenic; must be tough to recover if a ball strikes one of the boulders.

Marginally better than a water hazard (which I'm betting they have relatively few of.)

 

[Philliefan33]

My last river trip of the season. The truck crew forgot to load my kayak, so I used a company inflatable. I probably had more fun in the inflatable; the water level was at the very upper limit of my comfort level for being in my hard boat. The inflatable is more stable / forgiving.

 

[Koolau]

My last river trip of the season. The truck crew forgot to load my kayak, so I used a company inflatable. I probably had more fun in the inflatable; the water level was at the very upper limit of my comfort level for being in my hard boat. The inflatable is more stable / forgiving. View attachment 43723

You are braver than I am. Last time I went out in a boat, it capsized. I got a foot stuck in some submerged brush and DW didn't think I was coming back up. Obviously, I did. But I sorta swore off boating. Glad it works for you!

 

[street]

My last river trip of the season. The truck crew forgot to load my kayak, so I used a company inflatable. I probably had more fun in the inflatable; the water level was at the very upper limit of my comfort level for being in my hard boat. The inflatable is more stable / forgiving. View attachment 43723

Beautiful!! So, the train behind you does each raft have a guide with them? Are they all linked together?

I never made it down the Yellowstone again this fall. I still should do it on a nice day. My buddy that would go is helping build a home and has some other things going on as well. Rivah is down and very tame and calm right now.

 

[Philliefan33]

Beautiful!! So, the train behind you does each raft have a guide with them? Are they all linked together?

I never made it down the Yellowstone again this fall. I still should do it on a nice day. My buddy that would go is helping build a home and has some other things going on as well. Rivah is down and very tame and calm right now.

The rafts do not have a guide, the customers paddle alone. This is the Lehigh river and there is nothing more than Class III rapids. On this trip we had 15 customer rafts and five guides in kayaks. Occasionally the water gets too high to let the customers go alone so we put a guide in every raft. The rafts are not connected to each other - the boats in the background are trying to get out of the eddy and probably bumping into each other. No matter how many times we tell them the correct way to leave an eddy, someone always thinks they know a shortcut.

 

[street]

Very interesting gig. Being outdoors and doing something you love to do.

Thanks

 

[jollystomper]

DS and DDIL are raising our grandkids very well . DGD is not quite 4, DGS is 2. During their recent visit they "volunteered" to sweep up some leaves. Well, they saw a broom, a dustpan, and leaves, and thought it was a game. That will bode well for their future visits .

 

[MarieIG]

^^^^ Adorable Sweetie Pies!

 

[Koolau]

^^^^^

Very cute! Family is everything so you are rich indeed.

 

[Dreamer]

DS and DDIL are raising our grandkids very well . DGD is not quite 4, DGS is 2. During their recent visit they "volunteered" to sweep up some leaves. Well, they saw a broom, a dustpan, and leaves, and thought it was a game. That will bode well for their future visits .

How cute!

 

[donheff]

I missed the aurora because of clouds but the sky was clear Saturday morning, so I decided to try to catch an image of the sunspots that caused all of this brouhaha. I occasionally image the moon and planets with a 6" Dobsonian telescope my daughter and I built 25 years ago but never thought about the sun until I saw the total eclipse a month ago. I got some solar filter film and built a cap for the Dob so I was ready to go when the sun came out. The important "seeing" conditions were not good so I had a hard time getting a well defined shot. The bright yellow image is a snapshot that shows what appeared on the PC screen. I also made a few very brief videos as the sun drifted across the screen. Using stacking software I normally use for planets, I was able to salvage data from about 100 of 400 video frames and get more details on the sunspots. That's the lighter image. I flipped it upside down to reflect how it would appear to the eye. The mirrors in the telescope invert it as seen in the first image. TMI?? I can go on and on...

 

[ERD50]

I missed the aurora .... Using stacking software I normally use for planets, I was able to salvage data from about 100 of 400 video frames and get more details on the sunspots. That's the lighter image. I flipped it upside down to reflect how it would appear to the eye. The mirrors in the telescope invert it as seen in the first image. TMI?? I can go on and on...

I also missed the aurora here in N IL, and then heard about viewing the solar activity with the eclipse glasses, and I forgot!

Your photos are very interesting. That process of stacking the photos to reduce the noise is also done by the GPS system with its digital signals. If that wasn't done, our GPS units couldn't work without large antennae and more sophisticated receivers.

The GPS signal from a satellite is repeated over and over, so our receivers essentially 'stack' the signals. like your photos. With each stack the signal is the same, so adds each time. The noise is random, it doesn't align each time, so adds more slowly. Repeat this enough times, and a signal 'magically' appears out of the noise.

Did I out "TMI" you?

 

[Koolau]

I missed the aurora because of clouds but the sky was clear Saturday morning, so I decided to try to catch an image of the sunspots that caused all of this brouhaha. I occasionally image the moon and planets with a 6" Dobsonian telescope my daughter and I built 25 years ago but never thought about the sun until I saw the total eclipse a month ago. I got some solar filter film and built a cap for the Dob so I was ready to go when the sun came out. The important "seeing" conditions were not good so I had a hard time getting a well defined shot. The bright yellow image is a snapshot that shows what appeared on the PC screen. I also made a few very brief videos as the sun drifted across the screen. Using stacking software I normally use for planets, I was able to salvage data from about 100 of 400 video frames and get more details on the sunspots. That's the lighter image. I flipped it upside down to reflect how it would appear to the eye. The mirrors in the telescope invert it as seen in the first image. TMI?? I can go on and on...

Very cool. As a teen, I had a couple of cheap (literally, Sears and Roebuck) telescopes with sun filters. I often watched sunspot development. I had no ability to photograph, but I still recall the thrill of seeing sunspots (as well as the rings of Saturn and Jupiter's moons and the craters of our moon.) Kinda wish I'd kept up with that hobby, but life moves on, I guess.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[donheff]

I also missed the aurora here in N IL, and then heard about viewing the solar activity with the eclipse glasses, and I forgot!

Your photos are very interesting. That process of stacking the photos to reduce the noise is also done by the GPS system with its digital signals. If that wasn't done, our GPS units couldn't work without large antennae and more sophisticated receivers.

The GPS signal from a satellite is repeated over and over, so our receivers essentially 'stack' the signals. like your photos. With each stack the signal is the same, so adds each time. The noise is random, it doesn't align each time, so adds more slowly. Repeat this enough times, and a signal 'magically' appears out of the noise.

Did I out "TMI" you?

Yes you did. I had no idea GPS worked like that. It does sound like it is similar to planetary imaging that relies on literally thousands of frames to get rid of the noise. Now that I discovered this photo thread, I will start pestering you with my deep space objects. DSOs involve fewer frames with long exposures, some of mine as much as ten minutes each. I have to rent time on telescopes around the world to do that. May location is unsuitable.