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A higher resolution set of these images, including the one below is available as a PowerPoint presentation by e-mailing garyabecker@gmail.com. The file size is 1.2 mbs. All images were photographed by Gary A. Becker from Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM. |
Sunset over West Mesa on May 20, 2012... Photography by Gary A. Becker from Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM. |
Poster by Tyler Nordgren |
Photography by Gary A. Becker from Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM. |
Photography by Gary A. Becker from Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM. |
FEELING THE LOVE from my family on my 62nd birthday. |
Last Transit: After leaving Coopersburg, PA at 4:30 a.m. in search of clear skies, Mark Balanda and I wound up in Crossville, TN about 3 p.m. We found a viewing area, the sky cleared, and the clockwork heavens produced the last Venus transit until December 11, 2117. I guess you could say we were chasing after the Goddess of Love and found her on a mountaintop. Composite photography by Gary A. Becker, using a Questar 3.5-inch Maksutov telescope on an equatorially driven mount... |
Mark Balanda of Palmyra. PA gets prepared for another round of transit image-taking on Renegade Mountain near Crossville, Tennessee. The fresh blue sky in the background was the final chapter in our successful chase to see the last transit of Venus in this century. Gary A. Becker image... |
"The thrill of victory is sweet": (Left insert) "Where's the sun. Where's the sun," quips Becker jokingly after a full day of driving. The smiles tell it all in our successful quest to see the last Venus transit for the next 105 years. Mark Balanda images... |
The Milky Way rises over Gallo Campground in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Nageezi, NM: Don't get the false impression that Dewar's scotch played any part in why this image appears just a little fuzzy. The elongated star trails were created by the Earth's rotation. Gary A. Becker image... |