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Iowa 20 images Created 16 Dec 2013

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  • In June of 2013 I drove into southeast Iowa looking for the darkest sky I could find. The stars were breathtaking around Lake Sugema, Iowa. I could see more detail in the milky way than I had ever seen before. To the left is green airglow, which is a weak emission of light by the earth's atmosphere. On this night I also saw about 15 meteors.
    Lake Sugema Milky Way
  • The Loess Hills are located in Western Iowa and rise hundreds of feet above the surrounding farmland. Murray Hill is one of the most scenic overlooks in the area with views of the Missouri River and into Nebraska.
    Loess Hills Morning
  • Fog moves around a field as the milky way galaxy rises higher in the sky. This was taken near the Iowa and Missouri border in some of the darkest skies in the entire midwest. The only evidence of light pollution was in the yellow clouds lit up by a small town 15 miles away. The green dots on the bottom right are from a firefly fleeing the scene.
    Humid Summer Night
  • The stars of the milky way galaxy are reflected in a calm pond outside of Keosauqua, Iowa. Southeast Iowa has some of the darkest skies in the Midwest, perfect for stargazing. In this self portrait, I stood on the end of a dock and pointed my headlamp towards the stars. Because it was a humid night with fog moving across the water, the beam of light showed up well.<br />
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Date Taken: June 25, 2014
    Stargazer
  • This large, ivy-covered barn is located outside of Keosauqua, Iowa. This area has some of the darkest skies in the midwest and the milky way was breathtaking.<br />
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Date Taken: June 25, 2014
    Ivy Barn Night
  • Lake Sugema was alive on this night with insects chirping, bats flying, and bullfrogs croaking. The green lines are from a firefly that buzzed in front of my camera. Southeast Iowa has some of the darkest skies in the midwest and the milky way was breathtaking as the stars were reflected almost perfectly on the calm water.<br />
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Date Taken: June 25, 2014
    Bugs, Bats, and Bullfrogs
  • Muscatine Monster
  • Galactic Dock
  • Lake Sugema Lyrid
  • Bubbling Mammatus
  • Colorful clouds light up the sky over the Loess Hills at dawn. On this morning, the best colors happened before the sunrise, the sun came out for a few minutes, and then the light went flat as it went behind the clouds. This view is from the top of Murray Hill.
    Loess Hills Sunrise
  • It wasn't even October yet, but the leaves were already beginning to change to yellow at Wildcat Den State Park in Iowa. Most of the trees there were still green but I found a lot of color in this section of trail that goes down into the canyon.
    Beginning of Fall
  • This is one of the caves in Wildcat Den State Park. It was a bit tricky getting my tripod and camera up here to take a picture.
    Wildcat Den Cave
  • This massive sandstone wall is just around the corner from a small cave in Wildcat Den State Park.
    Cracking Wall
  • This grist mill sits at the edge of Pine Creek in Wildcat Den State Park. It was built in 1848, but has obviously been restored to its present condition.
    Pine Creek Mill
  • This is the 4th and final lunar eclipse of the tetrad. I was able to view it between clouds near Muscatine, Iowa.
    Emergence
  • This is the 4th and final lunar eclipse of the tetrad. I was able to view it between clouds near Muscatine, Iowa.
    Dilapidated Barn Eclipse
  • This is the 4th and final lunar eclipse of the tetrad. I was able to view it between clouds near Muscatine, Iowa.
    Blood Moon Tree
  • Clouds light up over the Mississipi River at sunset near Muscatine, Iowa.
    Sunset on the Mississippi
  • There was a beautiful sunset at Rathbun Lake, Iowa, after severe thunderstorms moved through.
    Rathbun Lake Sunset