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Rainbow Road
Windows to Time
Planetary Guardian
Galactic Guardian
Stars and Stones
Monolith Ablaze
Oaken Ascension
Galactic Emissions
Under the Dome
Amethyst Arc
Emerald Window
Midnight Hot Springs
Dreadnought (wide crop)
Dreadnought
Fire on the Mountain
Valley of Jupiter
Cosmic Fireworks
Barrage of Color
Rockfish
Rainbow Road
Windows to TimeOur galaxy bears witness as time first buries then reveals our landscape. I captured this wondrous sky on a short foray into Utah between art shows in Arizona. Snow had fallen the week before, leaving traces of white scattered throughout the towering columns of clay. Though no more was coming down, it was still in the high teens when I captured this image, and I spent the better part of the night stomping back and forth trying to keep warm. These unmistakable red hoodoos are found in Bryce Canyon National Park. This is the highest 'step' in the Grand Staircase, an expose of geological time.
Planetary GuardianA lone oak stands guard over the Earth in this scene captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California.
Galactic GuardianThis oak stands at the ready under the vast arch of the Milky Way. Captured in the inland hills of Mendocino County California.
Stars and StonesA sight to behold: Half Dome under the stars. The light pollution from California's central valley attenuates the stars only slightly, and adds a colorful haze on the horizon. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith".
Monolith AblazeHalf Dome basks under the the radiative glow of the fiery belt of our galaxy. This vantage point can only be obtained through a serious hike, followed by a steep climb. Though hard to reach, this point, "the Diving Board", is well known. This location was immortalized in Ansel Adams 1927 photograph "Monolith".
Oaken AscensionThe Milky Way streams out of a large oak tree in Humboldt County California.
Galactic EmissionsThis prominent oak tree stands on a hillside in the hills of Humboldt County California.
Under the DomeA more interesting projection, just one of many, from the Diving Board. The iconic Half Dome is inverted in this shot looking down the valley. This vantage point, albeit in a more traditional composition, was made famous by Ansel Adams' photograph "Monolith".
Amethyst ArcMatching magentas with the stars above, this field of lupines holds its own. Each year, around May, the Bald Hills area of Redwood National Park in California explodes with vibrant colors as the flowers spring to life.
Emerald WindowThe most technically complex picture I'd taken up to this point. This magnificent scene required the use of a piece of specialized equiptment called a star-tracker to shoot 90-second exposures without star trails. The Milky Way arches across the sky above Mendocino County California.
Midnight Hot SpringsA beautiful creek winds idly through the desert, interupted by volcanic influence. Steam rises from twin fumaroles under the core of the Milky Way. On the left, you can see three planets aligned: Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. On the right, green atmospheric airglow can be seen. The orange light on the horizon is mostly distant light pollution, and behind the hill on the right the remnants of the setting moon. This image was captured in a brief window between moonset and sunrise in the eastern Sierras of central California.
Dreadnought (wide crop)Deep in the Superstitions, Battleship Mountain floats on a rocky berth ready to face any foe. Even here the Milky Way is partly obscured by light pollution from the nearby city of Phoenix. Our influence, unintentionally, reaches further than we might imagine.
DreadnoughtDeep in the Superstitions, Battleship Mountain floats on a rocky berth ready to face any foe. Even here the Milky Way is partly obscured by light pollution from the nearby city of Phoenix. Our influence, unintentionally, reaches further than we might imagine.
Fire on the MountainMany of the nebulae which punctuate our Milky Way galaxy shine brightly in infrared. Though these emissions are not visible to the naked eye, to a camera sensitive to those wavelengths they glow a fantastic magenta. These cosmic colors stand in stark contrast to the green springtime hillsides of Northern California.
Valley of JupiterOne of my favorite deep space gems, the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, rests at the end of a dark finger of intergallactic dust. On the other side of the dust trail, near the core of the Milky Way, the planet Jupiter glows brightly surrounded by a rainbow corona. Though I've many times seen coronae around the sun or moon, this is the first time I've seen it around a planet. The colorful ring is caused by fine ice particles in the atmosphere. This springtime scene was captured in the inland hills of Northern California.
Cosmic FireworksThe Perseid meteor shower is reliably one of the best of the year. I decided to dedicate quite a bit of time to documenting the shower this times around. This composite image was made from the meteors captured in over 2000 images of the sky taken over the course of 3 nights. This stunning display was witnessed in Humboldt County California.
Barrage of ColorThe Perseid meteor shower is reliably one of the best of the year. I decided to dedicate quite a bit of time to documenting the shower this times around. This composite image was made from the meteors captured in over 2000 images of the sky taken over the course of 3 nights. This stunning display was witnessed in Humboldt County California.
RockfishBryce Canyon's ancient residents are alive and well in this rather abstract view of the national park.
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