Photography by Ian L. Sitren

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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.


Sunspots

My first effort at Solar Photography. Those are sunspots. Not sensor dust lol. I have been wanting to do this for a long time.


EATH LEY

For those of you visiting EATH LEY this weekend.


Motor Glider

The Aeromot AMT-200 Super Ximango is a Brazilian motor glider capable of non-powered flight. Operated by the U.S. Air Force Academy and NASA as the TG-14.


Navy Osprey

A Navy CMV-22B Osprey “Rudy 30” from Naval Air Station North Island In San Diego doing low approaches at the airport in Palm Springs California.


United States Air Force

Nothing says United States Air Force like the Thunderbirds. At the So Cal Air Show 2023 at March Air Reserve Base, a few weeks ago.


Clouds Time-lapse

Clouds time-lapse. Watch at the end, bottom right. for a single celestial object. Then top left the clouds illuminated by the Moon coming into the frame. May 4, 2023. Palm Springs California.


53 Loewy

Ran across this yesterday. A 1953 Studebaker Starliner. From the design team of Raymond Loewy.


Departing March Air Reserve Base

In the Palm Springs Air Museum T-33 Shooting Star taking off from March Air Reserve Base this last Tuesday after the Southern California Air Show 2023 over the weekend. We were the first aircraft to arrive for the show and last out.


Chinooks

Something we do not see everyday… three black Chinook helicopters at the airport in Palm Springs. I was not there, just happened to catch it on the ramp cam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAz9CRoE_jg


4 Thunderbirds

Look close. there are four. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds at March Air Reserve Base fo the Southern California Air Show 2023.


Patriots Jet Team

The Patriots Jet Team at the Air Show at March Air Reserve Base this past weekend.


Bus Wraps & More

Just ran across this. My photographs have wrapped buses in Las Vegas, been on billboards, the sides of entire buildings, Times Square, and been in as many as 300 publications monthly around the world. Kind of lucky I guess and Thankful.


T-33 Shooting Star

Flying in the Palm Springs Air Museum T-33 Shooting Star over the Air Museum on the way to March Air Reserve Base for the So Cal Airshow this coming weekend, April 22 & 23 2023.


Clouds Time-lapse

Clouds time-lapse. Palm Springs California 04-12-2023


“Sleeping Figure” Desert X 2023

“Sleeping Figure” by Matt Johnson. A sculpture of shipping containers for Desert X 2023.

“Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists.” https://desertx.org


Scout

An International Scout. I would not mind owning this one!


KC-130J Hercules

A United States Marines KC-130J Hercules departing the airport in Palm Springs.