Shelbyville Sunset / Christmas

First up, Merry Christmas and thank you for your support. Hoping that yours was filled with good memories however you chose to spend the time. Our holiday was a roller coaster of sorts with good experiences occurring while countered by the not so pleasant including appliance, plumbing and vehicle issues. In trying to remain positive which has been a challenge after having missed an epic sunset on Christmas Eve, I was hoping for another photo opportunity of equal intensity but it did not quite happen. Upon watching satellite trends on the 26th in the hope that a mid to high level cloud deck might do it over Lake Shelbyville, I went for a drive.

















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.