I know it's already February, but I wanted to post some of my favorite photos I took last year. This post will include those photos, along with some commentary under each one. None of the photos have been posted in previous posts, so you won't have to see any repeats. I took all of the photos in this post using the same camera. Winter This is a waning gibbous moon rising above distant city lights. I took this photo late at night in early January. Unfortunately, my camera isn't the best for taking astronomical photos, but the photo is still pretty good considering that fact. I saw these rays of light beaming down through the clouds when I was skiing at Keystone. I had no choice but to take a picture. This is a black-billed magpie. I see these a lot in the winter where I live. For a blog post about identifying birds, go to http://greatmst.blogspot.com/2012/07/bird-watching.html . These two photos are from my trip to Arizona . The thing on the left is a really cool butte