star shots

This morning, I woke up to a few inches of snow blanketing Salt Lake City. I love snow but really only on my days off. Today I had to be at work working at 6am. The dark early morning hours scraping snow off my car wasn't so fun. I don't think many people saw the snow coming, or at least that it was going to stick and accumulate. The roads were a bit slushy and slippery, my least favorite thing about snow. I would have taken a good picture to show off the arrival of winter but it was dark. The snow is still lingering a bit, mostly in shady areas. It is interesting to see yellow fall leaves and snow simultaneously, does not seem quite right.

had to scrap all this off (some of it into my shoes)
before work.

As promised, I managed to snag a few star shots from Mark. In addition, a few non iphone shots of the trip as well. Enjoy!

group shot thanks to camera timers

big hole, tiny people

my favorite harper

starry night

milky way on the right

the brightest is Jupiter

there was little to no moon that night, all light was cast by the stars.
milky way at center
so lovely, so very very lovely.

I am so spell bound by God's handiwork. His creation gets so big and vast with the heavens and then so tiny and intricate on the other end of the scale. Yet, with all the detail and enormity, He knows us each by name. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, and so very very loved. Pretty crazy.