Starship Asterisk*

6 Exposures Blended
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Images from August 21 Eclipse
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Perseids Meteor Shower
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This is a composite of all the meteors I captured over Brainard Lake in Colorado on the morning of August 12, 2016.

Perseids Meteor Shower http://www.gcollier.com Copyright: Grant Collier http://www.gcollier.com/PerseidsMeteorShower.jpg http://www.gcollier.com/PerseidsMeteorShower.jpg This is a composite of all the meteors I captured during the Perseids Shower on the morning of August 12. I'm not quite sure why t...

Super Blood Moon over Canyonlands National Park
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Eclipse over Boulder Flatirons
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This is a shot of this morning's lunar eclipse over the Boulder Flatirons in Colorado. The eclipse occurred during twilight here, with the moon low on the horizon.

Northern Lights over Vesturhorn Mountain, Iceland http://www.gcollier.com Copyright: Grant Collier I captured this shot of the northern lights over Vesturhorn Mountain while in Iceland recently. In the foreground, you can see many small black sand dunes with grass on the top. It's a very surreal pla...

Blood Moon
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I took this shot at a remote rock formation in Utah. I had to combine two exposures ... one for the moon, one for the rest of the scene. Otherwise the moon would have been blown out.

Geminids over Rocky Mountain National Park http://www.gcollier.com Copyright: Grant Collier http://www.gcollier.com/GeminidsMeteorShowerBig.jpg I captured this shot of the Geminids meteor shower at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. I did one big stitched image of about 400 megapixels to cap...

Eclipse and Arch http://www.gcollier.com Copyright: Grant Collier http://www.gcollier.com/AnnularEclipseArch.jpg This image show the annular eclipse behind a massive 180 foot tall arch in NE Arizona. I had to combine two exposures to get this shot ... one for the eclipse and one for the rest of the ...

Northern Lights 360 Pano
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This is a full 360 degree panoramic photo of the northern lights and the moon over northern Alaska. The bridge over the icy river is part of the Dalton Highway.

Milky Way over Arches National Park http://www.gcollier.com Copyright: Grant Collier http://www.gcollier.com/MilkyWayOverArchesNationalPark.jpg I captured this image by stitching together approximately 70 photos to create a 450 megapixel photo of the Milky Way over rock formations in Garden of Eden ...

Milky Way over Balanced Rock http://www.gcollier.com http://www.coloradopics.com Copyright: Grant Collier http://www.gcollier.com/Balanced-Rock-Milky-Way.jpg This is a shot of the Milky Way over Balanced Rock in Arches National Park. I used a 50mm lens and stitched 15 images together to create a 97 ...

Milky Way over Turret Arch http://www.coloradophotographyfestival.com http://www.gcollier.com Copyright: Grant Collier http://www.gcollier.com/Turret-Arch-Stars.jpg This is a shot of Turret Arch in Arches National Park. It was taken about 4 hours after sunset...the light near the horizon is from the...

Lunar Eclipse from Denver
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Here's one more shot. While the moon was only half-eclipsed, I exposed for the dark, red part of the moon and let the bright part get way overblown.
1/6 sec, f6.3, ISO 1600, 500mm

Lunar Eclipse from Denver
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Great shots so far! This one is a single exposure. I think the moon appears extra red here because of the Denver pollution.
1/2 sec, f6.3, ISO 6400, 500mm

Milky Way over Devil Garden, Utah
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This was shot with a Nikon 14-24 lens at 14mm on a Canon 5DII, ISO 6400, 30 secs, f2.8 I'm new to this forum and love all the great astro pics being posted!

Milky Way over Escalante National Monument http://www.gcollier.com Copyright: Grant Collier http://www.gcollier.com/SunsetArch.jpg To get this shot, I hiked in about a mile to a remote arch in Escalante National Monument, Utah. This image was taken with a single exposure. I waited until it was dark...