It was a rare moment when you get a CalSky Calculation that there will be a pass of the ISS across the disk of the sun in your area. This is what I recieved on November 25, 2011 as I opened my e-mail for the day. To my surprise the centerline path (the path in which the ISS would follow) would be within 2 miles of my home the next day! A chance I could not pass up. Here is what … [Read more...]

Balmy weather with the temperatures in the mid to high 40's sent thousands of people to the Mystic River to watch the lighted boat parade. A roar from the crowd as the draw bridge started to go up, signaled the beginning of the marine spectacal of Mystic for another year. Here are some of the wonderfum lighted boats that I … [Read more...]

The State of Connecticut is saying one thing and doing another. For once it is a good thing. I found this at a State Park this weekend, and since it was there, I used it! … [Read more...]

I have added yet another Connecticut Rock Creature to my growing list here on CtCameraEye! Thanks to The Connecticut Museum Quest website, I was able to locate another creature, this time called Frog Rock. Back in the 1880's Thomas Thuber passed by the rock almost everyday on his way to work in Hartford, finally deciding to paint it like a frog. Here it what it looks like … [Read more...]

The October storm which left over 800,000 people without power for over a week throughout Connecticut also severely two historic trees. In Granby, the Dewey-Granby Oak on Day Street, which is believed to be about 500 years old sustained heavy damage in the rare October winter storm. In Simsbury, the Pinchot Sycamore tree on Rt. 185 was also damaged with many large limbs … [Read more...]

The National Submarine Memorial located on Bridge street in Groton, Connecticut was a meeting place for scores of submarine veterans on this Veterans Day. I have been to many ceremonies on this special day, but I had never been to the one at the Submarine Memorial. A very impressive ceremony about an hour long reflected on lost submariners and their vessels lost at … [Read more...]

I was on my way down to New Haven this morning when I encountered dense fog as I reached the city. When I reached my assignment location shortly after 7am, I was surprised to see the sun peaking above the buildings of Yale University. A second closer look yeilded a great view of sunspot cluster 1339 with naked eye vision. I immediately went to my camera and grabbed a few … [Read more...]

It was over 3 years ago when I first signed up on twitter. Little did I know then how it would evolve into what it is today. I will be tweating all my new posts to CtCamerEye so you will know when I am posting something, or something I have found interesting for you to follow. If your on twitter please follow me @CtCameraEye. Just click on the "Follow  box" on the right. You … [Read more...]

I have been spending several days of cutting wood, clearning brush, and general clean up of the disaster that was left throughout my yard from the rare October storm. Last night when I had just completed a marathon day cleaning outside I was happy an see an old face coming through a hole in the brush pile. With a smile on my face and an image in my camera, my long day had come … [Read more...]

The Connecticut National Guard has been called out to remove debris from all impassible roadways in the hardest hit areas of the state. Towns such as Avon, Simsbury, Farmington, and others have the National Guard moving in with huge machinery to clear the roads so emergency personnel can have acces to the homes, on this, day six after the storm. Here is an image I took … [Read more...]