Tag Archives: Don Krieger

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They didn't know what the lights in the sky were very early on Friday January 24. The lights were south of the Mendonoma Coast. But Don Krieger soon discovered what they were. He wrote, “Here's a picture in the moonlight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket putting 23 spacelink satellites into orbit this morning.”

Janet Pierucci also witnessed this event from her Sea Ranch home. She wrote, "Not sure what phenomenon this is but what an incredible sight.” Janet soon wrote back to tell me about the liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Janet got a series of photos, but this was was a few minutes later. Interesting to see!

Thanks to Don and Janet for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

More rain today! We've gone over 8 inches since last Friday and we're closing in on 50 inches season to date. After this storm, it is suppose to be dry until mid-week.

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Don Krieger photographed something I’ve never seen before. He wrote, “On Saturday afternoon, as we were standing at Del Mar Point looking south, we saw the phenomena known as a Brocken Specter (look in the center of the photo.)"

A Brocken Specter, also called Brocken bow, mountain specter, or specter of the Brocken is the magnified shadow of a person cast in midair upon any type of cloud opposite a strong light source. Amazing.

Thanks to Don for allowing me to share his unusual photo with you here.

Foggy and cool this morning, but the sun has appeared this afternoon. Still a little smoky here today.