Saturday, September 26, 2009

Autumn's Beginning in Marathon County




The Virginia Creeper vine had intensely red leaves on Sept. 10. There are 3 views above, and below are 3 of the kaleidoscopes that resulted:






These "silo sunsets" have the effect of the sun shining through the silo, but it's all a function of a reflection from my window back to the silo, back to the camera . . . Only could happen on the autumnal equinox (Sept. 20 - 21), when sun is straight west of us.