Photography by Ian L. Sitren

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Behind The Scenes

A behind the scenes photo shot by one of my assistants during an advertising, editorial and video feature shoot I did for Bodybuilding.com. Maria Rogers.


Late Afternoon Clouds

Late afternoon clouds 06-19-2023 Palm Springs California. Time-lapse.


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Posing At Bombay Beach

Model Xtine posing during our photo shoot at Bombay Beach at the Salton Sea.


Increased Sunspot Activity

Increased sunspot activity as compared to earlier this week. Photographed this morning 06-17-2023 in Palm Springs California.


Sunspots 06-14-2023

Photographed this morning 06-14-2023. Solar activity has been low the last few days. Some sunspots. Activity is going to be on the increase.


Geothermal

Geothermal power plant at the Salton Sea.


Night Landing

Alaska Airlines night landing in Palm Springs.


June Gloom?

More unusually cloudy June skies in Palm Springs. Time-lapse from the end of the day June 10, 2023.


Yes I Got Out Of Town

Yes I got out of town. Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park.


Clouds 06-07-2023

Something we usually do not see in Palm Springs this time of year. Clouds. Time-Lapse. Earlier today 06-07-2023.


Hummingbird

So much around us is just amazing when you shoot photographs. A Hummingbird in my backyard.


Strawberry Moon

Full Moon photographed last night 06-03-2023. Known as the Strawberry Moon, a name that originated with the Lakota, Ojibwa, and Algonquin peoples related to the timing of the blooming of strawberry plants.


Sunspots 06-03-2023

The Sun photographed this morning in Palm Springs at 0820hrs PST. The Sunspots are actually assigned a number and they are tracked. Sunspots are the origins for Solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

From NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)… Solar Cycle 25 has ramped up much faster than scientists predicted producing more sunspots and eruptions than experts had forecast. Tracking and predicting the Sun’s solar cycles gives a rough idea of the frequency of space weather storms of all types – from radio blackouts to geomagnetic storms and solar radiation storms – and it’s used by many industries to gauge the potential impact of space weather on Earth. Though we are seeing increased activity on the Sun, we expect this solar cycle to be average compared to solar cycles in the past century. Solar Cycle began in December 2019.


Southwest Airlines Colors

Those Southwest airplanes sure do photograph well!


Mustang Coming At You

P-51 Mustang “Bunny” landing after Memorial Day 2023 flyovers at the airport in Palm Springs.


T-28 Trojan Landing

A North American T-28A Trojan landing at the airport in Palm Springs after Memorial Day flyovers 2023.


P-51 Mustang Landing

“Bunny” a P-51 Mustang landing after Memorial Day 2023 flyovers at the airport in Palm Springs.


What’s Up Doc?

The World War II C-47 “What’s Up Doc?” coming in for a Memorial Day flyover at the airport in Palm Springs.


Wildcat

A World War II FM-2 Wildcat coming in for a landing at the airport in Palm Springs for Memorial Day 2023.


Pacific Princess

“Pacific Princess”, a World War II B-25 Mitchell bomber coming in to the airport in Palm Springs to do the Memorial Day 2023 Flower Drop.


Privateer

A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer coming in for a flyover at the airport in Palm Springs for Memorial Day 2023.


Traveling Sunspots

Photographed this morning, 18 hours after the photograph I shot of the Sun in a post below. The sunspots on the right appear to have traveled approximately 481,000 miles during that time.


Waxing Gibbous Moon

Lunar photography… the Waxing Gibbous phase of the Moon last night.