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Tag: serendipity

From the jaws of defeat

February 27, 2018 Al Denelsbeck

So, I’ve mentioned before that I’ve wanted (for reasons too sordid to go into here where anyone could see it) to catch sunrise on the central peak in Tycho. Tycho is a crater on the moon, one of those where the impact debris formed a pile of rubble directly in the center read more

Categories: Astronomy, PhotographyTags: Eratosthenes, moon, moon photography, peak, serendipity, sunrise, Tycho

February 27, 2018 Al Denelsbeck

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