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Manley Beacon is that iconic peak that is most often seen from Zabriskie Point. When thinking about shooting the Milky Way in Death Valley a week or so ago I was looking for something different as I have shot the Milky Way from Badwater and the Race Track a bunch of times, so as I was thinking...

Actually, not so sure about the Galaxy part, but the title kind of sounded cool. :) This is from last weekend roaming around Central California. I had a couple of options to choose from for shooting the stars and the MW. For me it was a prime day as the Moon was only 1/4 and it was setting...

I went after the Perseids meteor shower, and as mentioned in a previous thread it was a bust as I knew the moon was rising too early. But, I figured I could still just get in some regular star or Milky Way shooting before the moon did rise. So on the 2nd night I got to Mono Lake after dark. I...

I was up in Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite a week ago to try and shooting the Perseids Meteor Shower. Because I knew the moon was rising pretty early at night (11pm) that my odds of actually capturing the meteor shower was slim, but I figured if nothing else I would be able to get some star shots...