Annie's Blog

Some Australian skies I happened upon one day this week. I am pretty sure they are all from the same day. I quite liked the view of the sky through the gum trees. Actually I tell a lie, I actually took this photo because I thought it was a nice one of the gums...but it turns out it is OK for skywatch...there is a little sky through there! above, sunset on my evening walk.... above, from a morning walk.... I happened to be chopping down some branches in the yard, when I looked up...and this is what I saw! and another pretty cream poinsettia framed against the morning sky. Please click on the Skywatch icon over in the sidebar to visit more skies from around the world this week. The skywatch week starts at 7.30pm GMT on Thursday nights.

The sky was doing its usual brilliant thing the other day when I set off for my morning walk. It was the sort of morning I was so pleased I had taken my camera. Had to stop at the top of the street down the road to get the obligatory photo of the mountains ..from a different angle than from my back verandah, one can see slightly different mountains in the Great Dividing Range to the south. Even early on in my walk that day I think I was fascinated by the light in the sky! So I snapped several photos as I walked along..... through the dog walking park...proposed freeway bypass....(very sad proposal..think I might have mentioned it before) Suddenly there was a bright vapor trail starting to for across the sky, so of course I had to snap it too.... Do you see anything starting to happen in the sky there? I think I can! The vapor trail was brilliant...so was the sky and the sunshine through the clouds. Of course I couldn't resist taking this one..... To get a series of vapor t...