The Left Shore of Darkness
“even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.” Psam 139 (NIV) Just before the New Moon in October 2025, 18th to 20th, I finally went to a place…
Category Astrophotography
Blood Moon
It’s been too long since I posted here, and so I have some catching up to do. I’ll start with the popular event that happened last month, the total lunar eclipse. It was called a “Blood Moon”, because it appeared…
Kajiado Dreamin’
Last weekend, we went to the Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site in Kajiado, where fossilised skeletons and early stone tools some hundreds of thousand of years old have been found. Our traveling party was comprised of my family, and our friend Shirley,…
UoN AstroNight: Astrotourism and Beyond: Kenya’s Equatorial Gateway to the Stars
This Friday, 11th October 2024, I have the honour be the guest speaker at the University of Nairobi AstroNight again. I’ll talk about current community activities in Kenya around astronomy and space, and then give an overview of Kenya’s general…
My God, It’s Full of Stars
Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? Job 38:16 (NIV) After some busy weeks — work (watch out for an update on the UTU Blog on Monday), a conference, a…
In the Pale Moonlight
Last week, we went to Diani Beach for a few days. Apart from all its other attractions, the coast can be quite good in terms of darker skies, though it might often be humid and a little hazy. It was…