The Joshua Tree and Milky Way at 50mm

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by Dan Thompson | Sep 3, 2024 | POTW, The Night

I mentioned a few weeks ago that when I go to Joshua Tree National Park, I rarely photograph the park’s namesake Yucca trees because they don’t exist in the area my friend Mark and I generally go to.  As I...

Rock Houses and the Milky Way

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by Dan Thompson | Aug 25, 2024 | POTW, The Night

Every time I go exploring in the desert, I’m continually surprised at the shapes we find.  Rocks seem to get carved out by the wind and sand in strange and unpredictable (at least to me anyway) ways.  On our...

Cygnus, the Teeth, and a mountain lion

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by Dan Thompson | Aug 18, 2024 | POTW, The Night

I thoroughly enjoy my trips to the desert, but I’d be hard-pressed to call them action packed.  In fact, there are times when it can be downright boring; astrophotography involves a lot of waiting around in the...

Zeta Rising in Joshua Tree

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by Dan Thompson | Aug 11, 2024 | POTW, The Night

In my explorations of the night sky last year, I was a bit obsessed with Zeta Ophiuchus, the prominent red “ball” that you see featured in many of my Milky Way images.  My hope this year when I went to...

Big Eyes and the Milky Way

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by Dan Thompson | Aug 4, 2024 | POTW, The Night

If last year’s trip to the desert was the trip of missed plans due to poor weather, this year’s trip was the trip of recovering those plans – and much more.  My buddy Mark and I had this particular...