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Nautical Twilight Copyright: Brad Goldpaint http://goldpaintphotography.com/ Moccasin Lake and the Milky Way taken during Nautical Twilight in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. The area was so dark, it had to be a Class 2 on the ‘The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale’. http://portfolio.goldpaintphotography.com/img/s9/...

Reflect to Infinity
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Single image, not a composite.

Seven Peaks http://goldpaintphotography.com/ Copyright: Brad Goldpaint This weekend I labored through a brutal 18 mile trek over steep terrain, post holing through slippery snow fields, trudging into mosquito infested hatchery’s, while packing a full set of camera and camping equipment. However, I ...

ISS, Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy, and the Aurora Borealis over Crater Lake National Park
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Aeon Rising
The Milky Way rises behind Utah's iconic Delicate Arch.
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Aurora over Smith Rock State Park, OR
Milky Way and the faint glow of the aurora borealis over Smith Rock State Park taken April 13, 2013.
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Balancing Rocks in Central Oregon Copyright: Brad Goldpaint http://goldpaintphotography.com/ http://portfolio.goldpaintphotography.com/img/s8/v79/p1536890022-5.jpg [attachment=0]goldpaint.jpg[/attachment] "Geologists explain that the formations are the result of the aging, tilting and erosion ...

After 3 years of capturing the night sky in various locations across the Pacific Northwest, I present my latest time-lapse film, 'Within Two Worlds.' This film depicts an alternate perspective by giving us the illusion of times movement, signifying a beginning and end within a world of constant cont...

Milky Way, Crooked River, and Smith Rock
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The Milky Way rises behind Smith Rock in Central Oregon.

Aurora over Central Oregon
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Time-lapse video can be found here: http://wp.me/p1FtJT-qL

Aurora, Meteor, Milky Way, and Andromeda Galaxy over Sparks Lake in Central Oregon - July 15, 2012
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"Within Two Worlds"
Featuring the aurora over Central Oregon and more.
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Aurora Borealis over Sparks Lake in Central Oregon
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Aurora Borealis over Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
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I wonder what day "last week" this nice composite photo was acquired? The annotated version (brought up when moving a cursor over the APOD) was very helpful. :) Edit added a few hours later:- I have now managed to find the image's Exif data and in that it states "Date Created 2012:04...

In what way were the nine images combined into this "composite"? Were they stitched together side by side to get a wider angle view, and/or was the meteor added from a separate photo, and/or were the sky and foreground photographed separately? Dan, 9 images were stitched together in order...

Lyrids Meteor Shower over Crater Lake
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Milky Way arcing over zodiacal light and the conjunction
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Thank you ALL for your kind words!!! Glad you are enjoying the high-res version as I knew most people on Starship Asterisk would appreciate it. I have lot's more from this magical night and my trip to Arches. You can see more on my website, http://goldpaintphotography.com , if interested. Feel free ...