Sunspot 2612

For a change Friday was a beautiful Sunny Autumn day here, just a few wispy clouds making it ideal to take a new photo of the Sun:



Sunspot 2612 can be seen towards the edge at about 8 o'clock.
Sunspot activity follows an 11yr cycle. We are now past the last maximum and their numbers will decrease over the next four or five years.

A gentle reminder that you should never look directly, or point a camera, at the Sun unless you are using a solar filter designed for that purpose. This is the one I adapted for use on the 70D:

Heron

A very brief video capture of a Heron heading towards my garden pond in the early hours of this morning:

Wooly Munchers

Sheep are back in the usual field munching away.
There are two different types.
The whiteish ones, which I think may be Cheviot, were laid back and just watched us:

 





The black ones, which look to me to be Hebridean, tended to remain hidden and retreated rapidly when we got too close to the fence for their liking:





Of course my identification could well be faulty as there are several white sheep which look very similar to me.

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Yellow is the Colour

Fascinating the way the flowers of Faucaria Tigrina seems to change colour as they open:



Am I going to see an orange or red flower at last?
No chance:

Moon

Can't let this week go by without a few photos of the Moon:

Nikon S9050:


Canon 70D:

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