In my quest to optimally process a sequence of images of Zodiacal Light and the Gegenschein in order to try and reveal the interplanetary dust in between, this time I instead used PTgui to assemble […]
Quick camping trip to Great Sand Dunes, just prior to Perseids peak.
After my last two ‘new moon’ trips having been snuffed out by the abundantly incessant wildfires throughout the West, the air finally cleared for about 36 hours so I ran up to Webster Pass (12,103′ […]
After spending so much time in the desert this spring, it was finally time to head upward, and the San Juans are always my mountain range of choice. A quick stop in Ridgway with dynamic […]
The image: Milky Way over Comb Ridge. I’ve spent quite a bit of time in the desert under various phases of the moon lately, and Father Sky never seems to disappoint. This last new moon […]
Moki Dugway, on Utah State Route 261, runs between Natural Bridges National Monument and off the edge of Cedar Mesa down into Mexican Hat, UT. It is not a road that is frequently traveled due […]
As an illustration of just how dark it was during this New Moon cycle, on 5/14/18 I was camping at Goosenecks State Park and captured a test panorama sequence to look at Zodiacal Light, which […]
One of the true gems of southern Utah, Valley of the Gods lies within President Obama’s Bears Ears National Monument, though now lies outside of Trump’s redressed Bears Ears National Monument, cropped for partisanship. It […]
Finally, a trip to Canyonlands during the new moon! I spent three nights at Taylor Canyon solo, a real treat… except for the myriad poachers trying to camp in areas they were not permitted for. […]
This morning I was alerted to the fact that Space.com published one of my images back in November. It was the star trail composite of the ‘Tribute Hike’ lights meandering down a Loveland Pass ridge […]
Every star we see in the night sky is lies within our own Milky Way Galaxy. Only a very few other local group galaxies are visible with the naked eye on a very dark night, […]
Here’s one from tonight’s trip up to the top of Guanella Pass for some astrophotography. The aspens in the foreground are lit by diffuse light from Georgetown, while the southern Milky Way Galaxy towers above. […]
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Deadhorse Point S.P., UT:
