Richard Simonsen

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  • Jet Crossing the Moon

    Jet Crossing the Moon

    I enjoy spending time trying to align the moon with planes. In this case with planes flying the downwind leg of the landing pattern at Dubai International Airport, which goes right over the University of Sharjah where I used to work. Here an Emirates Air Boeing 777-300 is flying past the moon. I had been trying for several years to get this image and I finally got it, with several others once I learned the technique, in Sharjah. It is not easy coordinating two moving bodies into one photograph but it's a fun challenge.

  • Jet Crossing the Moon

    Jet Crossing the Moon

    I enjoy spending time trying to align the moon with planes. In this case with planes flying the downwind leg of the landing pattern at Dubai International Airport, which goes right over the University of Sharjah where I used to work. Here an Emirates Air Airbus A-330 is silhouetted against the almost-full moon. I had been trying for several years to get this image and I finally got it, with several others once I learned the technique, in Sharjah. It is not easy coordinating two moving bodies into one photograph but it's a fun challenge.

  • Jet Crossing the Moon

    Jet Crossing the Moon

    I enjoy spending time trying to align the moon with planes. In this case with planes flying the downwind leg of the landing pattern at Dubai International Airport, which goes right over the University of Sharjah where I used to work. Here an Emirates Airlines Airbus A340 is silhouetted against the almost-full moon. I had been trying for several years to get this image and I finally got it, with several others once I learned the technique, in Sharjah. It is not easy coordinating two moving bodies into one photograph but it's a fun challenge.

  • Emirates Airlines A-380 Crossing the Moon

    Emirates Airlines A-380 Crossing the Moon

    I enjoy spending time trying to align the moon with planes. In this case with planes flying the downwind leg of the landing pattern at Dubai International Airport, which goes right over the University of Sharjah where I used to work. Here an Emirates Airlines Airbus A-380, the world's largest airliner, is flying past the moon. I had been trying for several years to get this image and I finally got it, with several others once I learned the technique, in Sharjah. It is not easy coordinating two moving bodies into one photograph but it's a fun challenge.

  • Emirates Airlines A-380 Crossing the Moon

    Emirates Airlines A-380 Crossing the Moon

    I enjoy spending time trying to align the moon with planes. In this case with planes flying the downwind leg of the landing pattern at Dubai International Airport, which goes right over the University of Sharjah where I used to work. Here an Emirates Airlines Airbus A-380, the world's largest airliner is flying past the moon. I had been trying for several years to get this image and I finally got it, with several others once I learned the technique, in Sharjah. It is not easy coordinating two moving bodies into one photograph but it's a fun challenge.

  • Emirates Airlines A-380 Crossing the Moon

    Emirates Airlines A-380 Crossing the Moon

    I enjoy spending time trying to align the moon with planes. In this case with planes flying the downwind leg of the landing pattern at Dubai International Airport, which goes right over the University of Sharjah where I used to work. Here an Emirates Airlines Airbus A330-200 is flying past the moon. I had been trying for several years to get this image and I finally got it, with several others once I learned the technique, in Sharjah. It is not easy coordinating two moving bodies into one photograph but it's a fun challenge.

  • Full Moon over Black Mountain and Hiker

    Full Moon over Black Mountain and Hiker

    Full Moon (95.7% Waxing Gibbous) being greeted by Lin.

  • Full Moon set over Black Mountain and Hiker

    Full Moon set over Black Mountain and Hiker

    Full Moon (95.7% Waxing Gibbous) being greeted by Lin.

  • Full Moon Set with Saguaro

    Full Moon Set with Saguaro

    January 10, 2017: 94.7% Waxing Gibbous Moon setting behind the iconic Arizona Saguaro cactus.

  • Full moon rising over Four Peaks Mountain

    Full moon rising over Four Peaks Mountain

    The full moon as it rises behind Four Peaks Mountain, Tonto National Forest, Arizona.

  • Crescent Moon Setting over the Grand Canyon

    Crescent Moon Setting over the Grand Canyon

    January 28, 2017: 1.2% Waxing Crescent Moon setting over the Grand Canyon. This very fine Crescent Moon is about as small a moon as can be seen or photographed. Image made 19 minutes before moonset and 40 minutes after sunset.

  • Crescent Moon Setting

    Crescent Moon Setting

    January 29, 2017: The 4.9% Waxing Crescent Moon setting over saguaros on the slope of Black Mountain, Carefree, Arizona.

  • Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain

    Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain

    March 9, 2017: 92.4% Waxing Gibbous Moon rising over Four Peaks Mountain, Tonto National Park, Arizona. The iconic shape of the Arizona Saguaro cactus in the foreground.

  • Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain 2

    Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain 2

    March 11, 2017: Full Moon rising over Four Peaks Mountain, Tonto National Forest, Arizona, with the iconic shape of a Saguaro cactus in the foreground.

  • Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain 3

    Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain 3

    March 26, 2017: 3.4% Waning Crescent Moonrise 15 minutes after moonrise and 31 minutes before sunrise over Four Peaks Mountain.

  • Full Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain

    Full Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain

    April 10, 2017: Full moon rising over Four Peaks Mountain, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Image made 18 minutes after moonrise, and 17 minutes before sunset.

  • Crescent Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain

    Crescent Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain

    5.8% Waning Crescent Moon rising 15 minutes after moonrise and 44 minutes before sunrise

  • Crescent Moon Setting over Black Mountain

    Crescent Moon Setting over Black Mountain

    May 26, 2017: 2.7% Waxing Crescent Moon setting over Black Mountain, Carefree, Arizona, 11 minutes before actual moonset and 50 minutes after sunset.

  • Crescent Moon

    Crescent Moon

    May 27, 2017: 8.1% Waxing Crescent Moon

  • Full Moonset over Black Mountain

    Full Moonset over Black Mountain

    May 27, 2017: The full moon setting beside a residence on Black Mountain. The rock formation to the left of the moon looks like a monkey, or Homer Simpson, depending on your view!

  • Jet Crossing the Crescent Moon

    Jet Crossing the Crescent Moon

    I was setting up to shoot sunset and the the crescent moon in Washington DC in June of 2017 when I noticed out of the corner of my eye an approaching contrail of a jet plane. I quickly finished setting up and managed just a couple of frames as the jet crossed the moon while its contrail picked up the color from the setting sun.

  • Full Moon Setting over Camelback Mountain

    Full Moon Setting over Camelback Mountain

    August 7, 2017: The full moon setting over Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona. Moonset was 7 min before sunrise and the image was made 4 min before moonset.

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    Full Moonrise over Four Peaks Mountain
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