Fishtrap Lake, WA

On April 22nd, we got up at 2 AM and went out to Fishtrap Lake Recreation Area. The Spokane Astronomical Society uses this area as their "go-to" spot for dark sky viewing. Northern lights were active that night, but we missed it as they had peaked earlier in the night and clouds had begun to move in.



I did play around with the camera a bit (of course), and got a few pictures of constellations. The last two pics were taken by my wife (who wasn't driving) on the way back into town.

Cassiopeia

The Big Dipper

The planet Jupiter. I had no idea that my camera would pick up 3 of its moons!

Sagittarius

Coming down the big hill on I-90 into Spokane.