Craig Berry

Mixcoatl was an Aztec deity, the father (according to some versions of the story) of Quetzalcoatl. The word literally means "cloud snake". Here's Mixcoatl dancing with Coyolxahqui, the goddess of the Moon, over Westwood.

Looking northeast down Wilshire from the corner of Westholme at around 9 this morning. This was one of those cold crisp sunny LA winter mornings that I love so much. My little apartment building is behind the building on the far right, by the way.

The moon and Venus about four degrees apart in the evening sky. This was taken last night (2009/01/29) with my G1 phone's camera, and I haven't done any image enhancement work on it. You can see a little jiggle from the long exposure, but overall I'm amazed this came out so well.

I finally got around to trying out my new cell phone's camera while taking an afternoon stroll today. It looks pretty good -- not as crisp as I'd like, but with a focal length of about a centimeter, I don't expect perfection. This is certainly good enough for casual work. This was taken about two blocks west of my apartment. The marine layer was just starting to roll in, which produced a really striking bright hazy light.