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Photographer specializing in night sky, eclipses, and auroras. Tech info is on my Flicker page and TL videos are on Vimeo. I teach a workshop at the Ansel Adams Gallery https://flic.kr/ps/uFQvd https://tinyurl.com/56nxrbrr https://tinyurl.com/4f66zfhc
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Flame and Horsehead Nebulae over Mount Whitney A Deepscape image taken from Lone Pine, CA. The location and relative sizes of the nebulae and Whitney have been preserved. Tech details: flic.kr/p/2qK1cJQ Timelapse video: vimeo.com/1053583172

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Sunset Toroweap This is one of the panos that went into my Night to Day image posted below. Taken at Toroweap Overlook on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Night to Day - Toroweap It was actually taken from Sunset to after astro-dark, but Western readers like going left to right, hence titled Night to Day. The crescent moon shows up in the Blue Hour section in the middle. Pre-BlueSky image taken a few summers ago

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Sunrise on Moonscape Overlook - Utah

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Pillars and Perseids - Tenaya Lake, Yosemite I time-shifted and composited 8 of the best Perseid meteors onto my best foreground image of the aurora pillars. Taken during the Perseid Meteor Shower in August 2024. Deets: flic.kr/p/2qa2idb

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Andromeda Setting at Owens Valley Radio Observatory A deepscape image of Andromeda setting behind the 40m dish at OVRO. Follow links for details and Timelapse video flic.kr/p/2o3ESth vimeo.com/776793213

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Andromeda Rising - Lick Obs I made this image from a location near Mount Hamilton. The relative size and position of Andromeda is accurate. For detail, I had to start my tracker when Andromeda was in position and then track it to accumulate sufficient data for detail. TL Video: tinyurl.com/3a3bzbrp

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

Aurora and Perseids from Olmsted Point - YNP I was shooting 3 cameras that night (as one does). This one was on a secluded outcropping near Olmsted Point. I was down at Tenaya Lake, so this one ran all night on its own. Magical night in August 2024

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Andromeda Galaxy and El Capitan DeepScape image of the Andromeda Galaxy rising from behind El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Size and position of Andromeda relative to El Cap has been preserved. You can see a Timelapse video of the process here: vimeo.com/1004903852?s... Details: flic.kr/p/2qdrBoC

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Happy Winter Solstice!! Taken many years ago during an amazing workshop in Yosemite Valley with the incomperable Charles Cramer and Rex Naden. An early snow storm at the end of autumn made for some amazing images

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