







As the final light waned, I considered remaining down along the water so to catch the International Space Station rising at 6:13 PM CDT from the NW. I would skip doing so and in turn, miss an incredible bright green fireball to the N and traveling E to W at 6:01 PM that I was still fortunate to witness while driving. Since I shoot continuous to make night sky composites, I would have been pointed in the right direction and most likely caught it. SEEN HERE on security camera video from North Liberty Iowa, it would have been a crowning achievement on what has felt like a string of disappointments this year but alas, these things are pure luck. A few other images from over the holiday period include a pair of snowflakes with a squall to drop through on Monday afternoon and a predawn boundary out ahead of a burst of snow on Christmas morning while hoping for an epic sunrise that never came.



