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Comet Neowise C/2020 F3

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Comet Neowise – or to be exact  C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) photographed from Stubbington, Fareham, UK.

Until the sixteenth century, comets were usually considered bad omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. Take your pick from the current president of the USA, Brexit and Coronavirus.

More information on Comet Neowise can be found here

Blood Moon post

Pre dawn colours in the sky at Titchfield Haven. The comet Neowise is visible towards the top left
Pre dawn colours in the sky at Titchfield Haven. The comet Neowise is visible towards the top left
Comet Neowise photographed from Stubbington, Fareham UK
Comet Neowise photographed from Stubbington, Fareham UK
Comet Neowise ‘above’ Holy Rood Church, Stubbington
Comet Neowise ‘above’ Holy Rood Church, Stubbington
Comet Neowise ‘above’ Holy Rood Church, Stubbington

The comet will reach its closest distance from Earth on 23 July – though it will still be about 64 million miles (103 million km) away.

It will be visible in the northern hemisphere – including the UK – just before sunrise and after sunset.

From the middle of July onwards, the comet will be visible all through the night, but always low in the sky in a north direction.

It’ll then head out of sight as it travels deep into the solar system.

Stubbington Library Exhibition

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My second photographic exhibition at Stubbington Library.  Mainly showing local places of interest from plane watching at Solent Airport to Titchfield Haven harbour and Nature Reserve.

The exhibition runs for the whole of November so if you are passing,  pop in and have a look!

Thank you Stubbington Library for welcoming and supporting local arts and craft groups and induvials.

Out To Grass Stubbington Library Exhibition

What a fantastic response to my exhibition! Thank you to everyone that came to the library to view the photographs  and for taking the time to leave  the kind comments :-

  • “Brilliant photography! An impressive exhibition”  Dilly  Ward Bundy
  • “Well done a great exhibition, thank you for the inspiration”
  • “Stunning photos, what a delight to see them. Thank you.”
  • “An absolute delight to see – just wonderful. Thank you.”

My next exhibition at Stubbington Library is booked for April 2023

Daedalus Common Men at Work

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Daedalus Common Solent Airport Daedalus

The setting sun silhouetting diggers and operatives working on Daedalus Common.

The Common is one of a number of community facilities provided to help soften the blow of having a large building housing high voltage transformers and associated cables on an active airfield.

More planned community facilities related to IFA2 include a heritage facility, play area and a gate guardian.

The setting sun silhouetting diggers and operatives working on Daedalus Common.
The setting sun silhouetting diggers and operatives working on Daedalus Common

 

 

Weather Watcher

Weather watcher, A selection of weather watcher photographs that I have uploaded to the BBC over the past couple of months. Some have been used on the BBC main website and by the regional TV program South Today

Click on any thumbnail to view the photographs in a carousel.

If you have any comments or questions please use the contact form in the sidebar and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

The Spinnaker Tower as viewed from an upstairs window!
Pastel colours before sunrise taken from the Meon Shore, Hill Head
A collection of sea shells, seaweed, crustaceans, fossils, stones and sand from the shore line between Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head
Crisp / frosty start to the day along Ranvilles Lane Stubbington
End of year, 2017, sunset over the Isle of Wight
A ‘by chance’ capture of crepuscular rays (sun rays through clouds)
Storm clouds approaching
Mammatus clouds over Stubbington, Fareham
The River Meon at Droxford in the Meon Valley. A cold and dull start to the day.
Pre dawn sky near Droxford in the Meon Valley, Hampshire

You can find out about the BBC weather watchers and how to become one from this article

Plastic Pollution of our Beaches

Plastic Pollution

Please follow the link the the Surfers Against Sewage website to see how you can help reduce plastic waste.

The gallery below shows just some of the 5000 items of marine plastic pollution per mile of beach in the UK

This stuff is used for seconds and then ditched but never degrades.

Plastic pollution found on a small stretch of beach at Hill Head

Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, or humans.

Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-, or macrodebris, based on size.

The prominence of plastic waste is correlated with plastics being inexpensive and durable This lends to high levels of plastics used by humans. However, it is slow to degrade.

Plastics can unfavourably affect lands, waterways and oceans. Living organisms, particularly marine animals, can also be affected through entanglement, direct ingestion of plastic waste, or through exposure to chemicals within plastics that cause interruptions in biological functions.

Humans are also affected by plastic pollution, such as through the disruption of the thyroid hormone axis or hormone levels.

Plastic reduction efforts have occurred in some areas in attempts to reduce plastic consumption and pollution and promote plastic recycling. Source Wikipedia

 

Stubbington Library Exhibition

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Stubbington Library Exhibition June 2016

Just spent the the morning setting up my first exhibition in Stubbington Village Library.

How does it look? well why not  pop along to the library and see what you think!

Thank you to the staff and the library service for giving me the time and space to show these photographs.

Titchfield Haven Harbour
Jacqueline class boat at Hill Head October 2015
Frost in the Meon Valley
Storm Imogen at Lee on the Solent
Former Gosport Ferry Vadne decaying in Forton Creek, Gosport

Some time in 2013 just being curious I asked in the library if I could book the exhibition space. After thumbing through the calendar the  librarian said certainly, the earliest available spot is June 2016!

So this is the result of over 2 years of waiting and a little bit of planning, mostly in the last few months.

I hope you like it.

Stubbington Library Exhbition