USA Celestial Destinations

To get to this spot, we had to hike in the dark and forget the danger of meeting hungry wild things...well worth it and we survived, capturing some nice milkyway shots.

Multi-panel 360 pano shot manually and took 4.5 hours while standing in the valley among the goblins. 

Multi-panel Mosiac over Castle Rock in Utah.

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Multi-panel mosiac captured during the 2026  Nightscaper Conference at Four Corners in New Mexico

One of my first panoramic captures at Death Valley National Park in California

Multi-panel mosiac at Mono Lake State Tufa Reserves featuring Milkyway Arch over the tufas with rich air glow and reflections of the stars in California

Close up pano of the Mobias Arch at Alabama Hills in  Lone Pine, California

Single from a timelapse captured at Big Sur features the Milkyway as the moon sets over the Pacific Ocean in California

Joshua trees silhouette with the milkyway and Venus shining brightly as it sets over the mountain in California

Milkyway over a mysterious sliding rock in Death Valley National Park in California. 

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Multi-panel mosiac features the milkyway arch with multiple nubulae and air glow. TAP IMAGE TO SEE MORE

A night spent in Utah on the salt flats was quite an experience and despite the light pollution, we captured rich air glow in this pano.  No, I didn't taste the salt!

Multi-panel mosiac featuring a rare aurora, the milkyway arch and air glow reflecting in the clouds at this Movie Scene location in California

Perseid's Meteor Shower and the milkyway over Texas Llano River

Milkyway reflection at 10,000 ft elevation in Colorado

The California Nebula and Pleaides Star Cluster as they are setting over the arch in Nevada

Comet Lemmon and the Milkyway from Enchanted Rock in Texas

Milkyway Arch over the pinnacles in California

A night spent in Utah when clouds rolled in

Selfie with Rho Ophiuchi in Colorado

Milkyway in Hydrogen Alpha shot during a workshop in California

Panorama with Milkyway over the lake  in Colorado.  I was alone and I threw my sandwich out the window on the drive to the Lake because I had to stop the car to avoid hitting a big black bear...I didn't want to risk having the smell of food after seeing that bear!  

Milkyway over the dome shot during workshop session with Austin Astronomical Society in Texas

Multi-panel Mosiac featuring Aurora and milkyway arches over ice glaciers at the Lagoon in Iceland 

Multi-panel mosiac featuring aurora and milkyway arches over the massive waterfalls in Iceland

Multi-panel mosiac at the famous Kirkjufell Mountain in Iceland.

 With this image, Jay Anne was awarded NIGHTSCAPER OF THE YEAR

Single exposure from inside the cave  in Iceland

Multi-panel mosiac featuring aurora, milkyway arch, and reflection of the Big Dipper in the water below the waterfall in Iceland

Multi-panel mosiac of explosive Aurora over the black sand beach Icebergs in Iceland

Explosive Aurora over snow covered mountains and waterfalls in Iceland

Aurora formed a pink heart at "Rhino Beach" in Iceland

Aurora dances over the monuments in Iceland.  It was so windy here beside the ocean that we could barely stand up!

Multi-panel mosiac featuring aurora, milkyway arch, and reflections as a photographer works to capture the moment

Pieces of Icebergs shining like diamonds reflect aurora dancing over the ocean in Iceland