Some of you might not know this about me, but back in the day I studied astronomy at the University of Manitoba. There was of course the necessary prerequisite knowledge that we studied in the lecture hall, but as we got further into the program we were able to literally take our studies to the stars.
Twice a week I would head out with a team of students to the Glenlea Astronomical Observatory to log time on an immense telescope pointed at the dark night sky. Taking…
Photography aside, a friend and I decided to drive up to Steep Rock on Lake Manitoba to get out of the city last Sunday (May 20th). It was a planned coincidence that it just so happened to be on the same evening as a partial solar eclipse was happening. I took a couple snapshots of the sun through a filter that resembles a piece of welding glass, but quickly realized that photos just didn’t do the event justice. Better to just sit back and enjoy the show with my eclipse…