Tag Archives: Kathleen Chasey

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Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS  was a treat to see. Many coast residents photographed the sight. Shari Goforth took this photo.

You can see a very faint anti-tail. I read that the anti-tail is sometimes said to be an optical illusion, because it appears in the opposite direction of the comet’s dust tail. But it is a real phenomenon, visible only when Earth is crossing the comet’s orbital plane, which occurred Oct. 13 – 15.

Tim Daley also photographed the comet, from The Sea Ranch.

And Kathleen Chasey photographed it north of Anchor Bay.

Thanks to Shari, Tim and Kathleen for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

We are having a mild autumn day today with just a gentle breeze.

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Kathleen Chasey wrote, “I wanted to share this photo of our coastal onion. It seems like nearly all of the native bulbs really put on a ‘super-bloom’ show this year. It could be the odd rain timing was really right for bulbs - and dandelions! I’ve been surveying Salt Point for NOAA for five years now and this was the very best bulb year. Its fading fast now.”

They sure look pretty! These wild onions are endemic to California. Thanks to Kathleen for allowing me to share her photo here.

Smoke moved in from a distant wildfire. Fog is over the ocean and it's warm away from the immediate coast.

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Kathleen Chasey recently photographed this beautiful butterfly called a Bramble Green Hairstreak, Callophrys dumetorum.

 

They are found only in coastal California, though there is a close relation found in coastal Oregon. Bramble Hairstreaks are on the wing from March through May.

Thanks to Kathleen for allowing me to share her photo with you here.