The most phenomenal close-up photos of the sun… Absolutely breathtaking!! 2

These are definitely the most amazing, phenomenal photos of the sun I have ever seen! Alan Friedman of Buffalo, New York is an amateur astrophotography who captures amazing photographs of the sun through a telescope in his backyard. He uses special filters that allow the photos to be captured without destroying his camera or his eyes.   More…

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Footage of BLOOD RED sun over Albuquerque NM due to smoke from AZ fires Reply

I have never seen such a red sun before when this high in the sky.  No filter was used.  This is the actual color tonight, Tues. June 7th 2011.  You can see the smoke in front of the sun when zoomed in.  These are not clouds – today was a cloudless day – just completely covered with smoke off and on all day.

 

Here is a still shot I took as well.