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Writing tagged: ‘astronomy’

Orion
A small section of the Milky Way galaxy (Orion's Belt, centre).

Orion’s belt-buckle

In celebration of my adopted star.

Published 20-Jun-2017
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Writing Tags: astronomy, reminiscences, science
Robin, Dee Marshes

Newsletter No. 3: ‘Peaking too soon’

Patti Smith · when your taste exceeds your talent · Spinosa · giant snowballs · reconciling longitude · two toddlers in a trench coat · opinions that need to be justified · Earth's days lengthen · the universe has 20 times more galaxies than we thought · dinosaur tail preserved in amber · John Berger

Published 06-Jan-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, history, Patti Smith, photography, science, YOGSOT
Milky Way
The Milky Way.

Invertigo

I’ve never seen stars remotely approaching those in Anglesey. There are so damn many of them. Thousand upon thousand. Too many to count.

Published 01-Oct-2015
Filed under: Articles, Featured Writing, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: Anglesey, astronomy, Caught by the River, favourite places, photography, science, Wales
Solar eclipse
Solar eclipse through sycamore.

Eclipse

Photographing this morning's partial solar eclipse.

Published 20-Mar-2015
Filed under: Featured Writing, Writing Tags: astronomy, birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, photography, proto-sidelines, rooks, science, Yorkshire
Kitchen tap shadow

Autumn alignments

Our kitchen might not be of World Heritage Site calibre just yet, but each autumn there comes a reminder that our house sits on the same spinning rock as Stonehenge and Newgrange.

Published 09-Oct-2014
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, autumn, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, photography, proto-sidelines, Yorkshire

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