2012 in Photos

For your viewing pleasure, here are some of the best photos from Darker View assembled into a gallery. New Year is a time for reviewing the year past. I have enjoyed the last year, with the photos to prove it. I hope that 2013 brings you the chance to collect your own gallery of photos and memories.

Riding Waipio — Karen, Darcy, myself and Deb horseback riding in Waipio Valley

Apple Banana — Apple bananas in our patch ready for harvest

Black-crowned Night Heron — Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Pāhoehoe — A pāhoehoe breakout near Kupapa’u

Dolphin — A Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) leaps from the water near Seymour Narrows, British Columbia

Tools at the Ready — Tools and parts ready for use in the workshop at Lagoon Cove, British Columbia

Roedda — A fishing boat offloads fish at the packing plant in Petersburg, Alaska

Black Bear Fishing — A black bear (Ursus americanus) fishing at the Anan Wildlife Observatory

Workshop — A workshop at Lagoon Cove, British Columbia

40" Viewing — Visitors observe through the 40″ Nickel Telescope at Lick Observatory

Stars over the Nickel — Stars above the 40″ Nickel Telescope at Lick Observatory

The 36" refractor at Lick Observatory — The 36″ refractor at Lick Observatory

Santa Cruz Boardwalk — The roller coaster and rides along the boardwalk at Santa Cruz

Battleship Missouri — The 16″ guns of the Battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor

Snowflake Moray — A Snowflake Moray (Echidna nebulosa) in the reef at Three Tables, Oahu

Turtle on the YO-257 — A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests on the stern of the YO-257

Sea Urchin Crab — A female sea urchin crab (Echinoecus pentagonus) in the anal cavity of a large banded urchin (Echinothrix calamaris)

Attempting to Hide — An Arceye Hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus) hides from the photographer deep in a coral head

Diver Down — Diver Mark Devenot cruising the reef at Hoover’s Towers north of Honokohau

Hawaiian Toby — Hawaiian Toby (Canthigaster jactator) under a coral head at O’oma

Keferstein's Sea Cucumber — Keferstein’s Sea Cucumber (Polyplectana kefersteini) at 30ft, Puakō

Yellow-spotted Guard Crab — Yellow-spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) at O’oma

Fourspot Butterflyfish — Fourspot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon quadrimaculatus) under a coral head at O’oma

Flowery Flounder — Flowery Flounder (Bothus mancus) on the reef at O’oma

White-margin Nudibranch — A pair of White-margin Nudibranch (Glossodoris rufomarginata), 25ft depth at O’oma

Blackside Hawkfish — Blackside Hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) at O’oma

Gold Lace Nudibranch — Gold Lace Nudibranch (Halgerda terramtuentis) in a small cave at 25′ depth, Puakō

White-margin Nudibranch — White-margin Nudibranch (Glossodoris rufomarginata) grazing on colorful sponges, 25ft depth at O’oma

What Monsters Lurk in Caves — You never know what terrifying monsters of the deep lurk in these caves… Oh.. Hello dear.

Lowering OSIRIS into Keck 1 AO — The Keck crew lowering OSIRIS into Keck 1 AO

Segment in the Hallway — The team moving a mirror segment from the telescope to the coating facility

Three Strikes — Three AO lasers aimed at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, the lasers are from both Keck 1 and Keck 2 as well as the Subaru telescope

Snowing — George Wall snowing the Keck 1 Primary Mirror

Hard Headed — Hard hats ready for use just outside the Keck 1 dome

Tools — A set of tools ready for use on the Keck 1 nasmyth deck

Both Keck lasers in operation — Both the Keck 1 and Keck 2 lasers in operation under a nearly full Moon

VLBA and Belt of Venus — The Belt of Venus rising above the VLBA antenna

CFHT Sunset — The glow of sunset illuminates CFHT

Gear for the Transit — The telescope setup outside the Keck 1 control room for the Transit of Venus

Venus Transit Second Contact — Transit of Venus 2012, second contact at 12:27pm

Mauna Kea Observing — A pair of telescopes set up high in the side of Mauna Kea

Omega Centauri — Omega Centauri, NGC5139, sum of 31 x 1min exposures, AT6RC and Canon 60D

NGC1976 The Orion Nebula — The Orion Nebula with and EOS-M, 40x30s exposures @ ISO12,800, AT6RC and 0.8x focal reducer

Cliff and the 24" — Cliff at the eyepiece of his 24″

Waikoloa Sunset — Sunset from the grounds of the Fairmont Orchid resort

Author: Andrew

An electrical engineer, amateur astronomer, and diver, living and working on the island of Hawaiʻi. View all posts by Andrew

One thought on “2012 in Photos”

dan d says:

December 30, 2012 at 17:41

Thanks for another year of great pics. Lookin forward to next year of you entertaining us
Aloha

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