The moon setting over IAIA on October 1st at 0-dark-thirty.
The moon was just past full on October 1st.
Fall turned the chamisa this vivid color. Chamisa is a member of the sunflower family. Wikipedia article about chamisa
Close-up of chamisa
The trees are starting to turn yellow, too.
Time to start decorating for Halloween. There won't be any trick-or-treaters this year.
Fall decorations
Fall decorations in the afternoon light.
Light and reflections
More Halloween decorations.
It's getting dark earlier in early October.
This doesn't look like much, but Patricia captured Mars (upper right) close to the moon on 4 October.
Finally!!! some precipitation on October 27th. How much, you ask...
... about 7 inches, we reply.
On October 29th we had a full moon.
The afternoon fall light made the glass glow.
Halloween decorations
The moon was just past full on October 30th.
We see some interesting cloud patterns here in Santa Fe,
We are in an area where upper level winds often collide from different directions and that may have something to do with this.