What I do instead of sleeping...

[foxgrrl]

On the drive back from the Security Opus conference in San Francisco, I found myself driving along the edge of the Pacific Ocean on what becomes Skyline Blvd. There was a break in the clouds, which allowed the full moon to shine off of the waves. I couldn't stop to take pictures of it, but I swore that if the clouds/fog parted again, that I would stop and take some pictures. So these are photos of the Crystal Springs Reservoir. If you wanted to contaminate the water supply of San Francisco with LSD, this would be the place to dump it.

My camera battery was still dead from earlier in the night. So I was charging the battery for five minutes, off my car, and then taking one or two photos before needing to recharge again.

I accidentally took a photo of the Orion Nebula, see if you can find it in here. The weird looking lens flare stuff… is lens flare. This was the day before I broke my UV filter, so it was still causing flare problems.

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Comments

[helen99.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous - I love the ocean at night, especially when the moonlit path is visible...
And there's Orion in the last photo. You can even see his sword. Good shot.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Who needs sleep when you can do this. We just visited the Atlantic last week, and it was worth every minute of driving...

3rd movement, presto agitato.

[akashayi.livejournal.com]

If you wanted to contaminate the water supply of San Francisco with LSD, this would be the place to dump it.
Is this a super-liminal hint?

Re: 3rd movement, presto agitato.

[foxgrrl]

Is this a super-liminal hint?

Tee-hee. It's commonly talked about; But even if you had enough LSD, it won't work in practice, because the LSD molecule itself is completely destroyed by chlorine — even the trace amount in tap water. It also breaks down when exposed to sunlight… and air.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsd#Stability

[oygevalte.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. How amazing that we can do astro-photography with readily available consumer cameras and regular SLR lenses?

I love the strobes on the passing jet making "Christmas tree lights". :D

I also love shooting the fog rolling over those mountains. Always an amazing sight.