Search for Green

There's gotta be more than this. Seen at Empire, Michigan.

After almost 4 Months the First batch is done and ready to smoke.

Search for Green Flash

I attempted to improve on my capture of the green flash, and was thwarted yet again. Despite a forecast of cloudless skies, I knew I was in trouble when the sun dropped into a bank of haze close to the surface of Lake Michigan.

The view is from a spot on the west coast of the lower peninsula, abut five miles north of the Little Sable Point Lighthouse.

Yet Another Attempt

The green flash: since seeing it last year (but not shooting it ‘cause I was not expecting it), I tried many times to photograph it in the following months. I made several trips over to the west side of Michigan but was thwarted by smoke from Canadian wildfires and/or clouds near the horizon line—every time. The green flash, in effect, became my white whale.

Recently, I heard about a comet, Pons-Brooks, and wanted to try to shoot that as I'd gotten a decent shot of Neowise several years ago. Going over to Lake Michigan would give me the best view to the west as it would be low toward the horizon. Then it hit me, if it’s totally clear at St. Joseph, I might as well try for the green flash prior to it getting dark for the comet.

While not an outstanding result, I'll take this given my earlier, fruitless attempts. By the way, the comet was a dud: a fuzz ball with no tail that I could discern, alas.