It's been so hot here for weeks, that once things cool down a bit about 9:00 at night, I like to step out to the back yard to enjoy the cooler air and the quiet nighttime views. Maybe say a little prayer to thank the Lord for the day that has just passed.
1. Mount San Miguel through the plumeria trees. Mount San Miguel is a mountain in Chula Vista, California. It is 2,567' high, and is the 84th highest peak in San Diego County. Because San Miguel is "the highest point close in to the San Diego metro area", it has been home to radio and TV transmitters since the 1960s.
2. Closer view, Mount San Miguel.
3 - 5. Moonrise, various attempts with my phone camera one evening last week.
Here is a view from the hill for you, looking southwest or west, or straight up at an airliner preparing to make a turn west for its approach to San Diego International Airport, which lies pretty much in the direction of the setting sun over there closer to the Pacific Ocean. The wide open sky one evening this week, an unusual cloud formation, the moon, and an airplane.
