The one chance we may ever have to shoot a lunar eclipse during blue hour and over city lights and it was cloudy here! Earlier in the evening, a lady came up to me and asked me where the eclipse was. I said, 'It's in this direction and behind the clouds.' She asked me, 'Do you know when are they going to make the clouds go away?' I said, 'I'll ask.' The Moon finally did make an appearance...

This is a composite of three shots taken last night from the same spot.

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Seen in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.

In Explore, Number 7 On 02/09/23. The View Of The San Fernando Valley Where I Grow Up.

In the heart of Encino, California, on Ventura Blvd.

On Kester Avenue in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.

Balboa Lake in Sepulveda Basin, Los Angeles.

Olive Ave in Burbank, south-east end of the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

Update: the consensus is they are snowy egrets.

Another shot from the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Refuge in the valley in LA. I believe these are herons of some type, but not blue herons. Or maybe egrets?

Yikes, I'm about to go to LA again in a couple weeks and I still have a huge backlog of photos from last time that I didn't post! I don't think I'll ever catch up now that I've decided to no longer ever post dozens of photos at once.

Looking toward Disney-ABC Television building in Burbank, California.

Saint Nicholas Church on Ventura Blvd in Encino, Los Angeles.

Facade.

At Plaza Del Valle, Van Nuys Blvd and Chase Street in Panorama City, Los Angeles.

(concrete confluence)

At Reefinary Cannabis shop in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.

A cottage in Studio City's Tujunga Village (the residential side is sometimes called Woodbridge Park, after the area's small park), Los Angeles.

Looking toward Simi Valley on Santa Susana Pass Road in NW Los Angeles. Seasonal-rain greenery will soon give way to a dry & rocky landscape.

In the Town Center area of Burbank, California.

Sepulveda Dam, completed 1941 in the San Fernando Valley, to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River.

Sepulveda Dam, completed 1941, in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

Above Beverly Glen Blvd in Sherman Oaks, California.

Administration Building at Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC).

On Mulholland Drive above the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

At Plaza Del Valle, Van Nuys Blvd and Chase Street in Panorama City, Los Angeles.

At Plaza Del Valle, Van Nuys Blvd and Chase Street in Panorama City, Los Angeles.

Aloe tree overlooking the San Fernando Valley from Topanga.

At Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

Recuerdos (Memories) by Levi Ponce on Pacoima's Mural Mile, Los Angeles.

On Mulholland Drive above the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

"Pacoima Trejo," mural of actor Danny Trejo, by Levi Ponce & volunteers. On Pacoima's Mural Mile, Los Angeles.

A main north-south artery in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys Blvd had a popular car-cruising scene in the 1960's & 70's.

The Sepulveda Pass, connecting West L.A. to The Valley (on a hazy day).

Carney's Restaurant on Ventura Blvd in Studio City, Los Angeles.

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

I was visiting the Sherman Oakes Galleria in the San Fernando Valley when I saw these absolutely gorgeous flowers in the window. The person who designed this window display "back lit" the flowers and it really made them glow and they look almost 3D. I don’t know much about flowers, but these definitely got my attention.

Bob's Big Boy restaurant chain, founded 1936 in Southern California, once had over 240 locations throughout the nation. Of the five remaining, this 1949 landmark on Riverside Drive in Burbank is the oldest.

At Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

Deer Lake Ranch, new housing development west of Porter Ranch, Los Angeles.

Above the city of San Fernando, on Lopez Canyon Road, Los Angeles.

Residential community in the Santa Susana Pass, between Simi Valley and Los Angeles.

"Born in East Valley, with Cheech Marin," by Levi Ponce in 2012. On Van Nuys Blvd in Pacoima, Los Angeles.

At Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley.

South of Ventura Blvd in Encino, Los Angeles.

In the hills of Studio City, Los Angeles.

Ventura Blvd in Studio City, Los Angeles.