Nightscape - The Tainted Tripod

Nightscape

Landscape AstroPhotography from the beautiful Black Hills, South Dakota and around.

The Sentinel.
The Watcher Of The Fields - A lone oak tree stands resilient keeping a close eye on this Wisconsin corn field under sky full of stars. Almost harvest time for these ripening corns. Had to fight a bit with the background light pollution which also illuminated the incoming clouds.
Fade to Black.
A deserted church under sky full of stars in an almost uninhabited town of Cottonwood, SD.
Horsethief.
Autumn Night Sky over Horsethief Lake, Black Hills, South Dakota.
Coming Back to Life.
A rustic old stump seems to come alive under a sky full of stars. Light pollution coming from Keystone, Hill City and Custer adds colorful glow on the horizon.
Show me the Way.
A magical night at the Needles Eye; a perfect haven for repose.
Soulful Attunement.
The vast South Dakota Prairie and the splendid dark sky above revealing the Milky Way in all its glory.
Fourth of July Night Sky.
Milky Way over Devils Tower, Wyoming.
Sweet Embrace.
Green, the color of life is quite prominent in our night sky as well. A vibrant display of airglow can be seen in this North-to-South panoramic view of our Milky Way above some pigmented badlands' topography.
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.
Window of Light.
Textures in soil and the sky. A night spectacle from the Badlands.
The Pedestal Rock and the Glittering Sky.
Night Sky over Pedestal Rock in Badlands National Park.
Happy Halloween.
A puffing array of stars floating above an old abandoned home at a ghost town of Ardmore, South Dakota.
Dripped, Dropped and Abandoned
Of Stars and Men.
A stark silhouette of some good old star-loving humans under Antares.
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.
Winter Jewels.
The Great Orion Nebula and surrounding regions in the Heart of the Orion Constellation.
Black Hills Aurora
An incredible Light display in the Black Hills. One of the intense spectacle in recent years for this region.
Spiraling into Oblivion.
A vortex star trail.
The Irresistible Beauty of Badlands National Park.
The magic spell of Moonlit Badlands Nightscape. Half the park is after dark.
To Big Dipper.
The colorful badlands terrain lit by a rising moon.
Stars and Stripes.
Dazzling Galactic Core atop an iconic national rock.
Rust and Stardust.
An old, abandoned car makes a spectacular subject for a star studded night sky photograph.
Allure of Black Hills' Night Sky.

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