Nightscape - The Tainted Tripod

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Nightscape

Landscape AstroPhotography from the beautiful Black Hills, South Dakota.

Eye of the Needle.
A gem of a sight at the heart of the Black Hills. The Needles Eye is an astounding nature's work of art and looks gorgeous against a spectacular night sky.
Badlands Beatitude.
A graceful badlands landscape and the heavens above. Mars on the left, Jupiter on the right and the stellar Milky Way in between. If you look closely you'd also see Saturn near the middle somewhere.
Enchanting Badlands.
Milky Way Arc and the colorful display of airglow above a picturesque rugged badlands landscape revealing many layers of valleys and formations and the vast plains on the horizon.
Rainbow in the Dark.
Moonlit North-South panoramic nightscape at Deerfield Lake.
Dakota Roof.
Panoramic Milky Way from Black Elk Peak.
"Excuse me, while I kiss the Sky."
Black Elk Peak and the lookout tower under the spell of mesmerizing night sky.
Cathedral Spires and the Milky Way.
The incredible needles and the stars above it captured from the highest point in South Dakota.
A Night At Devils Tower.
A handsome view of our galaxy from one of the unique places in Earth.
Hello Winter.
A colorful cosmic vista in the Cygnus constellation. A typical Winterscape; alluring snow on the ground, and sparkling stars of the milky way in the sky.
Solar Corona During Totality.
A view of Totality as seen from Casper, Wyoming on Aug 21, 2017.
Milky Way over Bear Butte Lake
One of my favorite spots around Bear Butte Lake, calm, relaxing and get a fantastic view of the Bear Butte on the back.
An Evening with the Presidents.
Starry evening at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Faces of the presidents lit by a projected beam of lights from different direction.
"Hazy night at Beaver Creek Bridge, Wind Cave National Park"
What a beautiful structure!! I always feel there is some weird eerie chemistry between a large man-made structure viewed/photographed against a starry sky. Beautiful drive getting to here as well, saw some huge bison with thick chunky fur getting all ready for the harsh winter.
"Luny Tunes."
An Abandoned barn, Moon and the Milky Way in an eerie harmony.
Owanka Lights.
An Abandoned Grain Elevator in a township of Owanka, South Dakota.
A Rusty Abandoned School Bus in Owanka, South Dakota.
Light Medley.
An iconic barn of Western South Dakota in a light hodgepodge. LED lamp lighting the barn from inside, city lights on the horizon, moon and the distant stars in the Milky Way.
Textures in Soil, Textures in the Sky. Charm of Badlands Night Sky.
The Great American Eclipse in one single frame.
The full sun, the crescent sun, the diamond ring, the totality and back to normality. Pictures can never justify this wonderful event as compared to being there and seeing with your own eyes. The 2 and half minutes of totality went like a flash and I'd cherish it for my lifetime.
Thor says "Hello".
A trip to Badlands to take northern lights photo turned out something else.
Star Trails over Bear Butte.
The Rising Milky Way.
The Night hides the world, but reveals the Universe.
The Horsehead and The Flame Nebula.
Dancing Stars over Bear Butte.
Alone.
A Gift of Solitude.
Starry backdrop of a castle.
Milky Way over The Castles, Slim Butte Area, South Dakota.
Puffing Chimney.
The Glow of our Galaxy on top of a Slim Butte. Pictured at Slim Buttes, South Dakota.
Rust and Stardust.
An old, abandoned car makes a spectacular subject for a star studded night sky photograph.
Bear Butte under the godly lights.
A glimpse of Northern Lights caught from Bear Butte Lake, Sturgis.
Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
Our beautiful neighbor. It is the closest large galaxy from us and is one of a few galaxies that can be seen unaided from the Earth. Picture taken from Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
Green is the Color.
Northern Lights above Bear Butte.

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