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Dark Skies

Images of the mysteries of the night sky – stars, moon and Milky Way.

Tower of Babel During Moonrise – Nightscape of the Tower of Babel, a prominent sandstone formation in Courthouse Towers in Arches National Park. The tower is lit up by the moon rising in th …
Delicate Night Trails – Delicate Arch under a star trail on an April evening before moonrise. Image is a composite of 5 12-minute frames. Arches National Park, Moab, Utah.
Orion Nebula in Turret Arch – Orion’s Belt and leg visible through the large portal in Turret Arch in Arches National Park. Seen on a cloud-free, windless April night.
Grand Canyon Sky – The reverse view looking backward from the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on a warm summer night. This view of the Milky Way contains the Lagoon, Hourglass, Trif …
San Francisco-style Lunar Eclipse – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge framing the pre-dawn lunar eclipse seen from a roof in the Marina District looking westward to Marin County and the Pac …
Milky Way and Andromeda Over El Capitan – The autumn Milky Way shining over Yosemite’s El Capitan on a moonless evening, October 2011. At the same time, climbers on the face of El Capitan s …
Jupiter Over Bridalveil Falls – Autumn in Yosemite National Park as the moon rises above the valley floor to illuminate ground fog blowing through.
Night Patrol – Capels Lake on Highway 88 in the Sierras, just south of South Lake Tahoe under Orion the Hunter and Sirius the Dog Star. December 27, 2010.
Carmel River State Beach Before Dawn – A sky full of stars over Carmel River Beach, Carmel, CA. February 2011.
Joshua Tree National Park before dawn, with Venus shining brightly in the morning sky. January 16, 2011.
Signs of Summer – The summer Milky Way hanging low over the Pacific, seen from the north end of Seadrift and Stinson Beach in Marin County, California. Saturday morning May 28, 2011. Someho …
Monumental Night Sky – Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park’s "The Mittens" silhouetted under the August Milky Way. Composite image created from two frames. Milky Way image made the previou …

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