A rocket launch was scheduled from Vandenberg AFB about an hour after sunset on this evening. It was the 3rd or 4th attempt for… [Read More]
Archives for December 2018
December 19, 2018 Distant Meteor From San Nicolas Island
I set up for another try at the Vandenberg rocket launch from San Nicolas Island, and witnessed a very bright meteor instead! The launch… [Read More]
December 17, 2018 Large Surf and Swells from San Nicolas Island
The coast of Southern California faces mostly towards the south and southwest, so the large ocean swells of winter from the west and northwest,… [Read More]
December 14, 2018 Dim Comet and No Meteors from San Nicolas Island
There was a comet to look for this evening — Comet Wirtanen. It was about as bright and close to the Earth as it… [Read More]
December 7, 2018 Fire-scarred Canyon in Westlake Village
The Woolsey Fire burned the canyon that is adjacent to my home, and I took my camera to the area a week or two… [Read More]
December 3, 2018 San Nicolas Island Sunrise
The altocumulus clouds were on fire for sunrise this morning out on the island. Around late morning, a rocket launch out of Vandenberg was… [Read More]