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Two Worlds https://theartofnight.com Copyright Mark Gee https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51156764334_85be40652b_c.jpg Two Worlds by Mark Gee , on Flickr Shot with a Nikon D850 and a 14mm lens in a Aquatech underwater housing. The image is focus stacked and there are 7 steps of focus within the i...

(Super) Moonset from 10 March 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand Filmed by Mark Gee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X00mUcqvcNc With everything that's going on in the world at the moment, it's always good to go back to enjoying some of the simple things in life, like taking time out to enjoy the beaut...

Flight To The Lights Credit: Mark Gee http://theartofnight.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHHGDNyaL5Q On Thursday night 23rd March, I boarded an Air New Zealand Boeing 767 from Dunedin, New Zealand to travel down towards the Antarctic Circle to view the Aurora Australis. This was the first com...

https://vimeo.com/203675470 This time-lapse is from a recent adventure to Cape Palliser on the SE cape of the North Island of New Zealand. I shot this on the 4-5 Feb 2017, and It’s the longest time-lapse I’ve ever shot with 13 hours of capture from just before sunset, to just after sunrise the next...

Bioluminescence Under A Starry Sky http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/402/31823754222_e2e22fb4bd.jpg Bioluminescence Under A Starry Sky by Mark Gee , on Flickr One of the things I love about astrophotography is you never know exactly what you may capture on a...

Moonset Under The Stars http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8622/28352781154_6f55a6e7ce.jpg Moonset Under The Stars by Mark Gee , on Flickr I headed out to the Wellington south coast in New Zealand mid last week, and was treated to perfect skies and even a sho...

Milky Mouse http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm1.staticflickr.com/658/21833218302_7f100f717b.jpg Milky Mouse by Mark Gee , on Flickr Africa has very little light pollution, and because of this, the night sky is insanely beautiful. But photographing here at night isn’t straight...

https://vimeo.com/140630379 I had a little fun filming this video of photographers photographing the 'super' moon this past weekend. It was shot in Wellington, New Zealand a day before full moon, and since we weren't going to see the moon eclipse in New Zealand I wanted to do something a little dif...

Giraffes By Starlight http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm1.staticflickr.com/671/21227623825_c088561658.jpg Giraffes by Starlight by Mark Gee , on Flickr Being an astrophotographer in Africa, I had a certain goal in mind, and that was to capture the wildlife under the night sky...

Cape Palliser by Night http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm1.staticflickr.com/505/19538970902_3a55c692fc.jpg Cape Palliser by Night by Mark Gee , on Flickr Cape Palliser on the North Island of New Zealand is one incredible place to view the night sky. The only light in this rem...

Universal Scale
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Universal Scale by Mark Gee, on Flickr

View From Above http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8852/17574379439_8edd08bc21.jpg View From Above by Mark Gee , on Flickr Castle Rock is a stunning landmark which towers 162m above the beach of Castlepoint in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. The view from the top...

Primal Light http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8731/17303084932_c7177c3467.jpg Primal Light by The Art of Night , on Flickr When primal man first walked this Earth he would have been able to travel by starlight at night. There would have been no light pollu...

Star Park
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I managed to capture reflections of the Milky Way in the bonnet of my car one night when I was photographing the night sky, so I decided next time round try and do a time-lapse - this was the end result.

Valley Of Stars http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7702/17009485360_4c94a47fe7.jpg Valley of Stars by The Art of Night , on Flickr The Tasman Valley in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand, is an amazing place to visit by day, but once night fall...

Arc Of Light http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7640/16817351729_559275a669.jpg Arc Of Light by The Art of Night , on Flickr Looks like the night sky has a grumpy face with the Magellanic Clouds as the eyes and the Aurora as the mouth! We had just finished a...

Wanui Nights http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/16776395440_eaf7a60b4c.jpg Wanui Nights by The Art of Night , on Flickr The Wainuamata coast near Wellington, New Zealand is rugged and exposed, but also very picturesque, and a location I've been wanting ...

Fly Me To The Moon http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7640/16930476135_de43e44e86.jpg Fly Me to the Moon by The Art of Night , on Flickr Here’s a bit of a novelty shot of a Air New Zealand plane - flight NZ0478, departing Wellington bound for Auckland in New...

Tekapo Dreaming http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8741/16722614350_7c9ba95fa4.jpg Tekapo Dreaming by The Art of Night , on Flickr Lake Tekapo is located on the South Island of New Zealand, and is part of the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve. Thousands of t...

Beyond the Clouds http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7605/16670525850_d85ffe54ea.jpg Beyond The Clouds by The Art of Night , on Flickr 17 March 2015 - Intense aurora activity in the southern hemisphere put on an amazing display tonight, and this was seen in ...

Ghost Ship http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8590/16584268779_101ee89c55.jpg Ghost Ship by The Art of Night , on Flickr The Galactic Core of the Milky Way rises to the east, silhouetting and an old fishing boat that ran aground in a storm. The boat has been...

Starpark http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8601/16088361833_3531337d90.jpg S T A R P A R K by The Art of Night , on Flickr Wellington, New Zealand is a city where I live and work, and it's also one of my favourite cities in the world. I can't think of too m...

Summer Nights Silhouettes http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/16183601890_c5c89c25ba.jpg Summer Nights Silhouettes by Mark Gee , on Flickr Summer in New Zealand means warm summer nights and the occasional clear starry skies. I shot this image last night ...

Reflect http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/16369260971_850a807d19.jpg Reflect by Mark Gee , on Flickr It was a stunning clear summers evening, and I knew the the glow from the galactic core of the Milky Way would be visible on the horizon around 4am. It...

The Halo http://theartofnight.com Copyright: Mark Gee https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7574/15853585179_63a48cec55.jpg The Halo by markg , on Flickr There has been some stunning weather around Wellington, New Zealand recently, and the sky just before sunset last night was incredible. As the sun was s...