10-23-14 Partial solar eclipse photo by Jack Forkner

(Note the sun spots...not a dirty lens.)

Reader photo - truck in Lake Tulloch

Photo courtesy Cory Louis.

According to some witnesses the truck was launching kayaks at the Kiva ramp and the brake was not set. The witnesses stated the submerging of the vehicle caused gasoline and oil to be dispersed into the lake.

The Copper Gazette will follow up on this. We hope to have answers for you soon.

Update: 8-26-14
According to the Sheriff Dept the vehicle had been retrieved from the water and was gone with the driver when officers arrived on scene.

Photos from Normandy

These shots were just sent from a friend visiting France...just wanted to share...never forget.

The shots are of Omaha Beach days after the 70th Anniversary of D Day and an American cemetery with 9286 white marble crosses each one engraved with the boys name date and state came from.

As Our Earth turns in the Night - by Jack Forkner

Taken at 3 am 6-7-14, a shot each minute over a 45 minute time frame.

Star Gazing at its finest! - by Jack Forkner

Taken 5-27-14 about 2:00am at the end of Little John Rd by Jack Forkner.

How a Country Boy saves water

CG Best Shot from the Mother Lode Round Up Parade

CG Photographer Caught in Action

This shot was caught by Jennifer Ingersoll of photographer Charity Maness in action at the Community Easter Egg Hunt.
Thank you Jennifer!

Another great Jack Forkner Eclipse/Blood Moon photo

Composite - 4-14-14 eclipse by Jack Forkner

Spring has sprung - reader photo

Photo courtesy Georgette Wynn

Sunset over stormy Copper

This shot was taken by Ralph Murphy of the 4-1-14 sunset as the storm cleared for just a moment.

Rainbow over Copper - reader photo

 

Photo by Georgette Wynn of Bark n Bubbles

View from Table Top

Courtesy photos

Spring blossoms

Shot of Helicopter Vortices

On 3-7-14 at 12:41 pm a shot of a transport helicopter was taken over Copper showing clear vortices from the blade tips.

Blade tip vortices form at the outermost end of a rotor blade; a zone of reduced pressure forms above the blade and a region of increased pressure forms below the blade. As the air flows around the blade tip to reduce the pressure difference, a concentrated vortex is created behind the blade tip.

Morning Dew - photo

Special Request photo rerun

A special request was made to rerun a photo from my year in review through my lens collection.

The following picture is of Vietnam Veteran Donald Schand as he placed a bouquet of white flowers at the base of the flag pole in the Copperopolis Cemetery on Memorial Day 2013, symbolizing purity and innocence.

Other flowers placed that day were red for hardiness and valor and blue for vigilance, preservation and justice.

Beautiful sunset over Lake Tulloch 1-3-14 by Grant West

Winter Shots of Town Square by Jack Cox