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Tale of the comet! The saga continues. After watching the comet’s closest approach to Earth On Oct 12th, I couldn’t resist visiting this celestial traveller again, just a few days after at the Cherohala Skyway in Tennessee. The skies, finally clear after weeks of relentless storms sweeping across t...

Hunter's Moon over Atlanta Skyline! https://naikonpixels.com/ Copyright: Prashant Naik The Hunter’s Moon often seems bigger and closer to the horizon when it rises, thanks to the moon illusion. It’s not actually larger—it just looks that way because our brains perceive objects near the horizon diff...

Comet C/2023 A3, aka Tsuchinshan-Atlas https://www.naikonpixels.com/ Copyright: Prashant Naik I went chasing the comet a couple of nights this past weekend. On October 12th, it made its closest approach to Earth and was brighter than Jupiter, visible to the naked eye just after sunset. It was a rar...

The man, the moon and the mountain under the Milkyway! Location: Blood Mountain, Georgia. Date: 08-Sept-2024; Time: 10:30 Pm Copyright: Prashant Naik Web: https://naikonpixels.com/ Blood mountain is the highest peak on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail. I trekked to the summit of Blood M...

Planet Parade - Panoramic image of 6 planets. Location: Blood Mountain, Georgia. Date: 09-Sept-2024; Time: 5:00AM Copyright: Prashant Naik Web: https://naikonpixels.com/ From the summit of Blood Mountain in North Georgia, this panoramic image shows five planets—Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Ne...

Beacon of Nantahala! https://naikonpixels.com/ Copyright: Prashant Naik Location: Wayah Bald, Franklin, North Carolina Date: August-11, 2024. The night before Perseids Meteor Shower. Fire-towers are such an amazing experience. Wayah Bald in Nantahala National forest sits in the middle of the forest...

Perseid Meteor and the Milky Way The night before the Perseid Meteor Shower was set to peak on August 11, I spent the evening at Wayah Bald. The fire tower is located at high altitude in Nantahala National forest. During the day it’s quite popular because this is where Appalachian Trail and Bartram...

Nature's Own Light Show On the night of August 12, a strong geomagnetic storm triggered spectacular display of Northern Lights which was visible as far south as Georgia. This concided with the Perseid Meteor shower reaching its peak with up to 90-100 per hour. It was an incredible opportunity to re...

Meteor and Aurora display over Brasstown Bald On the night of August 12, the Perseid meteor shower coincided with a strong geomagnetic storm, making the northern lights visible as far south as Georgia. The vibrant auroras began to emerge in the northern sky just after 1 AM. Simultaneously, an inten...

The night sky filled with stars and shooting stars! Perseid Meteor Showers active since mid-duly peaked on the night of August 11. This image was captured from Brasstown Bald Observatory Tower in Georgia, USA. Image Exif: Exposure time 15sec, f2.8 at ISO 8000. Multiple exposure images blended toget...

Where mountains touch the Sky! I captured this single exposure image of a Perseid meteor streaking through the clouds at Brasstown Bald Observatory in Georgia on the night of August 12th. The Perseids put on a spectacular show, but what made the night truly unforgettable was an unexpected geomagnet...

StellaNova - A Journey to the stars This week marks International Dark Sky Week, a time to appreciate the awe-inspiring beauty and vital role of a natural night sky. Unfortunately, light pollution increasingly obscures our view of the Milky Way, countless stars, and all the wonders the universe has ...

We are here. A humbling view of Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy. Mt_Mitchell_TinyPlanet-v3_w.jpg This image beautifully contrasts the effects of light pollution on one side with the untouched, dark sky on the other. On the left, the glow of artificial light obscures the natural brilliance of the night...

Astro Fest The Perseids are considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year. 90 meteors per hour is a celestial heaven under the dark sky on a moonless night. This year, the display of Perseid meteor shower at Joshua Tree National Park proved to be truly awe-inspiring. The sheer number ...

Heavenly Fireworks: Lyrids Meteor Shower Dances with the Milky Way URL of website: https://naikonpixels.com/ Copyright: Prashant Naik POST Processing: 20 images with exposure time 15s at f2.8 and ISO 10000 stacked together and blended in Photoshop. Location: Sams Knob - Blue Ridge Parkway, North Ca...

Cosmic Highway - Stephen C Foster State Park, Georgia WEB: https://naikonpixels.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/naikonpixels/ Copyright: Prashant Naik Date photographed: Sep 24, 2022 StephenFoster_Road_w.jpg Stephen C Foster State Park in Okefenokee Swamp - the largest blackwater swamp in North ...

Lunar Eclipse - Atlanta, Georgia https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52487570469_8206bca1a8.jpg Total Lunar Eclipse by Prashant Naik , on Flickr Image is a blend of 2 exposure image at different focal length. Exposure 6s, ISO 250 at f/11. This was shot from the famous Jackson street bridge in Atlant...

Andromeda Galaxy - Messier 31 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52466265005_81fe45bdf7.jpg Andromeda Galaxy - Messier 31 by Prashant Naik , on Flickr For the first time, I captured an image of a galaxy outside of our own Milky Way galaxy. This was shot from a Balsam Knob in Blue Ridge Parkway, Nor...

The Pleiades (Messier 45) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52398615004_bbe31f1d66.jpg The Pleiades (Messier 45) by Prashant Naik , on Flickr Date: Sep 23,2022 Location: Brasstown Bald, Georgia This image was photographed using Nikon D810 mounted on a Sky watcher star adventurer tracker using Nikk...

The Dance!
This timelapse film features the Perseid Meteor Shower as seen from East Pocket in Flagstaff. Geminid Meteor Shower captured from Sunset Crater in Sedona. And the Leonids from Death Valley National park, California.

Thank you!
Prashant

Twilight at Blue Ridge Parkway

Twilight at Blue Ridge Parkway by Prashant Naik, on Flickr

Location: Black Balsam Knob, North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Parkway - Where the stars still shine! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52102566350_7865d14fd4.jpg Blue Ridge Parkway - Where the stars still shine! by Prashant Naik , on Flickr Stars glittered across the night sky as I stood at the edge of an overlook embracing the mountain altitude. ...

Event Horizon! Copyright: Prashant Naik Date: 12-Aug-2021 Location: Bryce Canyon National Park Website: https://www.naikonpixels.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naikonpixels/ Technical Details: 20 images stacked and blended together using starry landscape stacker. Color correction and final...

Where the River meets the Sky! The view from the canyon junction bridge overlooking The watchman and Virgin river is probably the most photographed place at Zion National Park but there is irrefutable pleasure in being there at the right moment before sunset or at dark when the stars and shooting st...

Dancing at the edge of the World! Date: August 11, 2018. This is a stacked composition of 20 images captured at East Pocket, Flagstaff. Nikon D810, 14 mm; Exposure f2.8, 13sec at ISO 10000. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49594492577_780e63c997.jpg Dancing at the edge of the World! by Prashant N...