Rise of the Galaxy

The Dainthlen bridge of Meghalaya with the milkyway core rising behind it. Light painting is done by bike's headlamp kept on for some time during the 20s exposure.

Magical Phugtal

Phugtal monastery under moon and trailing stars. Zanskar.

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Star Trails

Not sure how I feel about this one yet. I think it's decent but I'm sure there's room for improvement.

night & solitude

captured in March 2016, in an ancient castle near a village on Tehran-Qom road ( Iran ) We spent a memorable night together until dawn and enjoyed the beauty of the clear sky

Summer Memories

Magic always stays in the mind despite the inconveniences, especially if they are good memories.

Mountain Star Trails

Some clouds rolled in and ruined my star trails but I still think this came out pretty cool. I used 200 photos shot over 2 hours to make this.

NGC-6992

A supernova from a star estimated to be 20 times more massive than our sun. The explosion occured 10-20 thousand years ago and would have been visible during the day.

Gibbous Moon

Here is my shot of the waxing gibbous (97%) moon from 19 July 2024 taken in the New Forest, England.

Low density solar filament snap 2025-4-13

Stay tuned as of 20255/4/13 08:36 UT, Filament snap (not a liftoff eruption) due to magnetic instability full halo Coronal Mass Ejection / CME earth impact around Tuesday, good auroras are a good p

Sleepy Hollow Lake

We vacation almost every year in upstate New York, near where my wife's family is from. I have made kind of a tradition of doing a star trail photo every year.