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Cloudy skies by day, the Milky Way by night, and a little atmospheric turbulence of our own.

Headed out with good friends to photograph radio telescopes beneath the Milky Way, putting my newly astro-modified Nikon Z8 from @spencerscamera to the test! The day was beautiful and cloudy, but Mother Nature had other plans. The clouds cleared, the stars came out, and we were treated to an absolutely spectacular night. Naturally, we had to capture the whole transformation in a timelapse, because watching a cloudy sky turn into a star-filled masterpiece never gets old!

No crowds, no other photographers… just great friends, incredible skies, and enough mosquitoes to make us look like Ninjas.

I LOVE nights like this. Good company, dark skies, beautiful subjects, and a new camera that keeps making me excited to get back out there.

Thanks to @spencerscamera for the astro modification

#shecapturesthenight #NikonZ8 #SpencersCamera #Astrophotography #MilkyWayPhotography PhotographyAdventures

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The province of Newfoundland and Labrador have some of the most awesome place names.

Juggler’s Cove is a historic, abandoned early 17th-century settlement and coastal area located in Bay Roberts, and is accessible via the Mad Rocks hiking trail.

“It is the town’s oldest settlement, and local lore says it got its name because one would need the dexterity of a juggler to navigate the harbour.” ~ Heritage NL

We detoured to Bay Roberts to hike the Mad Rocks Trail in mid-September on our way to the Marine Atlantic Ferry in Argentia. Every opportunity we have is spent exploring the stunning trails of Newfoundland! ❤️

As it was not feasible for us to hike this trail at night, this photo is a composite with the Milky Way in the correct orientation with the landscape.

#exploreNL #milkyway #neverstopexploring #newfoundland #hiking

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*Gateway to infinity*

Scrolling through all the images from my latest trip to Greece, with their more elaborate foregrounds and compositions, it’s the last one — a very minimal image — I want to show you first.

The sheer beauty of 'land’s end'. Turquoise waters, seemingly still. The Milky Way reflected in the sea.

Like a gateway to infinity.

Ευχαριστώ για όλα, Κάρπαθος. Thank you, Karpathos, for your pristine skies, I'll carry with me.

Nikon z6a, Sigma 14-24mm, 10×60 sec, ISO 800, f2.8/3x30 sec, ISO 3200, f2.8

#Greece #nightscapephotography #nikonphotography #Milkyway #yourESA

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Milky Way over Kasos, Greece. Can you find Antares?

Kasos sits at the far southern edge of the Aegean, between Crete and Karpathos. Small, quiet, and properly dark.

Shot with Sony A7IV (astro-modified), 14mm f1.8.

Stack of x10 13s exposures.

Swipe for the stacked image before the rest of edits.

#milkyway #astrophotography #greece #kasos #nightscape

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Camping alone in outback Australia ❤️

Astrophotography is about so much more than the photograph. Its about the story, the connections, the lessons. This image holds a night in remote NSW that began with fear and ended with uncomfortable realisations.

Feeling frightened camping alone, I reached out to someone who had not been treating me well, asking him to keep me company. We spoke for a short while and laughed a little, but underneath it all, I felt ashamed that I was trying so hard to be wanted by someone whose treatment had left me in tears more times than I cared to admit.

As a neurodivergent woman, I’ve spent much of my life masking, analysing others and accommodating their needs at the expense of my own wellbeing. Under the stars that night, I reflected on my faith and the person I want to be, and realised it was time for something to change.

I don’t want fear of rejection or loneliness to convince me to abandon my values or keep trying to make someone who does not treat me well to like me.

Protecting your boundaries doesn’t make you cruel. Saying no to one compliment after a hundred insults doesn’t make you unappreciative. You can care about someone while recognising that their presence in your life is hurting you. They don’t have to be a villain for you to step away, but you can’t preserve your wellbeing by continually exposing yourself to someone who lacks empathy.

Recognition is wonderful, but it can last five minutes before fading, leaving us chasing the next five minutes over and over again, like Sisyphus. We can become so focused on the attention of strangers who know nothing about us that we neglect those who genuinely care and, without realising it, miss the boat to Valinor.

I want to live authentically, hold onto my faith and values, and choose to give my love to what is good over what is easiest or most gratifying.

I would rather stand alone, as I did camping in remote NSW, than lose myself trying to be someone I’m not ❤️✨

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Nikon Z6II(a)
Nikon Z 85mm f/1.8
Star Adventurer Pro
Optolong L-eXtreme

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Milky Way Rising Above Tufas

It’s been a while since I photographed the Milky Way and even longer since I have processed any Milky Way images. I was inspired by my friend @enji_chung to get out there.

The conditions were favorable during my recent trip to the Sierra Nevada: clear skies, early moonset and the final days of a visible galactic core. However, the core would only be visible for just over 30 minutes before sinking behind the mountains.

I am sure I looked like a crazed photographer trying to find the best comp, shifting as the core got lower, etc., etc.

I love Mono Lake and the tufas - they are so unique and interesting! Tufa (tuft, calc-tuff or tophus) is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of water in unheated rivers or lakes.

October 6, 2026

📷@canonusa Canon R astro-modified by @kolarivision
RF 15-35mm f2.8L IS USM
ISO 2500 15mm f2.8 13s
Really Right Stuff TVC24L tripod
Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker
Planned with PhotoPills Premium

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I’m lagging behind in my Milky Way posts. This is from our weekend adventure in August to Fundy-St. Martins, NB.

I chose this area of the province because of the town’s initiative to qualify the surrounding area for a dark sky designation.

We ran into a bit of a dilemma though. The Fundy Trail Provincial Park has a scenic coastal parkway that runs 30kms through the park. The Trail features 21 stunning views of the cliffs of the Bay of Fundy, and over 35kms of hiking, walking and biking trails. The only issue is the park closes at 8 pm! We talked to a visitor centre employee that said we could park before the entrance gates and walk in. Well that wasn’t going to happen due to safety concerns.

So, this is a composite photograph with the correct orientation of the Milky Way. The foreground was taken later in the afternoon and the Milky Way was captured at the beach in St. Martins 8km away.

If the dark sky committee really wants to register the area between New River Beach and Hopewell Rocks, it would be really great if it could include the Fundy Trail Parkway and its stunning lookouts!

#omsystem #milkyway #nightsky #astrophotography #parksNB

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The Black Pearl, located on Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, NC, stands alone on the beach amongst the stars. Despite years of severe coastal erosion where high-tide ocean waves regularly flow directly beneath its deep timber pilings, the structure has defied multiple major storms and nor’easters as a lone survivor on the changing shoreline. The house was was built in 1987, but was moved further back from the high-tide line in January 2010 to protect it from erosion. The pylons were driven down an extra 2-4 feet to solidify its foundation. The beach continues to erode but the Black Pearl still stands. Dare County officially condemned the house in March 2023 following nearby home collapses. As of the most recent storm to hit the NC coast last week, it was still standing.

This photo is comprised of 135 30-second exposures processed in StarStax and then blended with the foreground in Photoshop.

📸: Canon R6 / Canon RF 15-35mm f/2.8 L IS USM @canonusa
Sky: 135 x 30 sec, f/3.5, ISO 250, 15mm
Foreground: 30 sec f/4, ISO 2000, 15mm

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#nightsky #stars #astrophotography #outerbanks #theblackpearl

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Can you see the ghost? 👻

🎯Target: IC63 Ghost of Cassiopeia
📍Location: Lucasville, NS, CA
🔭Equipment: Combined Seestar S30Pro + S50Pro
⚙️Mode: Equatorial
⏳Integration: 25.4 Hours (1651 x 30s on S30Pro +1373 x 30s on S50Pro)
🌌Sky Conditions: Bortle 4
🌙Captured from: 48.9% - 83.9% illumination
💻Processing: Naztronomy-OSC_PP.py script / AstroWizard

The blue halo or bluish glow associated with the Ghost of Cassiopeia is starlight reflected and scattered by microscopic interstellar dust particles within the nebula.

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The Harvest Moon will rise tonight as the sun sets. Around this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, the Moon rises at similar times for several evenings. Historically, the extra evening moonlight helped farmers continue harvesting crops after sunset, which is where the name comes from.

Want an email reminder each month about what not to miss in the night sky? Comment DIGEST, and I’ll send you the link to sign up for my free monthly newsletter where I share events happening in the night sky and tips on how to capture them with gear you already own.

About the Image: Harvest Moon rising over Mount Timpanogos. - October 2020 had two full moons and a late-season wildfire that caused the first one to have an orange glow as it rose through the smoke.

Canon 80D 1/125 sec at f/8.0 ISO 1600 on the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM lens Harvest Moon rising

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Lower Horse Cove

This little beach is located just five minutes down the road from where we were staying in Paradise, NL. In all our years travelling to Paradise, we’ve never visited this little cove, so I didn’t really have a feel for how long the beach was because it was high tide. Next time we visit we will explore the area during low tide.

I tried to capture the rambling brook in the foreground that was flowing out of the woods into the ocean.

This was the only clear night during our visit this year. The night didn’t start out that great though. I had to wait for the clouds to move along.

I think this area is party central, as there were lots of makeshift fire pits scattered around and lots of garbage strewn everywhere, despite a garbage can located near by!

Too bad that the concept of ‘Leave No Trace’ was completely ignored.

#omsystem #milkyway #astrophotography #explore #nightsky

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