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  • Frisco Pier Milky Way

    Frisco Pier Milky Way

    The core of the Milky Way rising above Frisco Pier, captured early morning June 2017. The dark skies of the Outer Banks always leave me in awe. Stitched together from a three image vertorama.

  • Pilot Mountain Star Trails

    Pilot Mountain Star Trails

    Star trails above Pilot Mountain, captured September at Pilot Mountain State Park. In North Carolina

  • Pamlico Sound Milky Way

    Pamlico Sound Milky Way

    The Milky Way over a curvy bank along the Pamlico Sound in North Carolina

  • Lightning Bugs

    Lightning Bugs

    Lightning bugs above a field near Lake Brandt in Greensboro, NC.

  • Spring Milky Way at Hanging Rock

    Spring Milky Way at Hanging Rock

    Galactic core of the Milky Way over Moore's Knob, part of Hanging Rock State Park in NC. I am reminded everyday of the beauty of NC! From mid May 2016.

  • Star Trails Above Hawksbill

    Star Trails Above Hawksbill

    Star trails above Hawksbill Mountain during peak Autumn 2015.

  • Tilt

    Tilt

    Tilted tree and galactic core of the Milky Way along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western NC. From late August 2016.

  • The Green Door

    The Green Door

    Rising Milky Way above an older barn in mid-northern NC. Brown Mountain is visible along the horizon. Captured March 24 2017.

  • Bodie Island Lighthouse

    Bodie Island Lighthouse

    Bodie Island lighthouse, NC, in front of lightning bugs, the Milky Way, and a storm.

  • Frisco Pier Milky Way

    Frisco Pier Milky Way

    The Milky Way over the remaining parts of Frisco Pier, at the Outer Banks in NC.

  • Outer Banks Milky Way

    Outer Banks Milky Way

    The Milky Way rising over the dunes of the Outer Banks and the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Elk River Falls Milky Way

    Elk River Falls Milky Way

    The Milky Way rises above Elk River Falls in western North Carolina

  • Floyd Milky Way

    Floyd Milky Way

    Milky Way above the trees on a rolling field in Floyd, VA, captured alongside of the Blue Ridge Parkway

  • Stars over the Dan River

    Stars over the Dan River

    The beauty of the Dan River shores at night. The Milky Way and a meteor shine overhead as I look upstream. Captured July 2017

  • Pilot Mountain Milky Way

    Pilot Mountain Milky Way

    Rising Milky Way above Pilot Mountain, in NC. The rich history of the area can be observed by the many older farmsteads scattered throughout.

  • Farm beneath the stars

    Farm beneath the stars

    Old farmhouse under the Milky Way, captured July 2017 in northern NC

  • Tobacco Shines Bright

    Tobacco Shines Bright

    The Milky Way over a tobacco field in northern NC, July 2017

  • View from the Barn

    View from the Barn

    Milky Way, moonrise and lightning bugs from earlier this month at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. Single 30 second long exposure.

  • Dan River at Night

    Dan River at Night

    View of Milky Way above a stretch of cascades along the Dan river, captured July 2017

  • Texas Milky Way

    Texas Milky Way

    An abandoned farm sits underneath the milky way outside of Bartlett, TX, April 10, 2014. This photo was a 14 image panorama, to capture the full scene. While the picture was shooting, I used an off camera flash to light paint the buildings, using one pop for the fill light and three pops from the side. Published by National Geographic as their 'photo of the day on 4/4/15'. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2015/4/texas-night-sky-barn-milky-way/

  • Coastal Milky Way

    Coastal Milky Way

    Stars and the Milky Way over a thin tree line along the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

  • Lighting Up the Sky

    Lighting Up the Sky

    The Milky Way lights up the sky behind the Bodie Island Lighthouse, in North Carolina. The lighthouse was built in 1859 and overlooks what is known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, where over 5000 ships have sunk.

  • Milky Way and Pilot Mountain

    Milky Way and Pilot Mountain

    The Milky Way above a winery in northern NC and a view of pilot mountain

  • Looking Up

    Looking Up

    The universe and my favorite tree lit by the rising moon, at the Rocky Knob Recreation Area along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. I have been planning this image for years, and I finally had the opportunity and good enough weather to give it a go. Captured a few days ago. Late August, 2016.

  • Swirls and Stars

    Swirls and Stars

    Swirls and stars of the Yadkin River from within the Uwharrie Wilderness in North Carolina. Light painting for the foreground and a 3 image focus stack for sharpness.

  • Hundreds of Billions of Stars

    Hundreds of Billions of Stars

    Standing below hundreds of billions of stars with my fiancée and cousin in southern Virginia, 2016.

  • Mabry Mill at Night

    Mabry Mill at Night

    Mabry Mill and the stars above, captured at midnight. Mabry Mill started operation as a grist mill in 1905, and today serves as a scenic highlight of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Floyd, Virginia. I light painted the scene with a headlamp and light panel during a 30 second exposure.

  • Crestone Star Trail

    Crestone Star Trail

    Star trail over the ridgeline near Crestone Colorado, from April 2017.

  • Pamlico Sound Milky Way

    Pamlico Sound Milky Way

    Milky Way over the Pamlico Sound at the Outer Banks in NC.

  • Blue Ridge Parkway Fences

    Blue Ridge Parkway Fences

    Wooden fences, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Milky Way overhead. in the Blue Ridge Mountains north of Boone, NC. Single 30 second exposure, light-painted with my headlamp.

  • Floyd Milky Way

    Floyd Milky Way

    Galactic core of the Milky Way and a clear night along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd, VA.

  • Sunset in Highlands NC

    Sunset in Highlands NC

    Sunlit peaks, car trails, and city lights, seen from the top of Whiteside Mountain. From Highlands, NC

  • Hanging Rock Hills

    Hanging Rock Hills

    Milky Way above hanging rock, NC. 4/10/16

  • Blue Ridge Parkway Stars

    Blue Ridge Parkway Stars

    The Milky Way shines above the tree line along the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC.

  • Milky Way above Hanging Rock in NC.

    Milky Way above Hanging Rock in NC.

  • The End of the Forest

    The End of the Forest

    The Milky Way shines over the end of the forest along the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

  • Wiseman's View at Night

    Wiseman's View at Night

    Wiseman's view on a cool fall night, 2016. Linville Gorge, NC

  • Lights Ahead

    Lights Ahead

    Traveling down the Blue Ridge Parkway, with the Milky Way overhead and the Blue Ridge Mountains and city lights below. North of Boone, NC.

  • Abandoned

    Abandoned

    Milky Way above an abandoned farmhouse in northern NC on 6/1/16.

  • Pilot Mountain

    Pilot Mountain

    Comet and Milky Way behind Pilot Mountain, NC, 4/4/16.

  • Pilot Mountain under the Milky Way

    Pilot Mountain under the Milky Way

    Pilot Mountain under the Milky Way, 2016

  • Blanca Peak

    Blanca Peak

    Full moon and cirrus clouds above Blanca Peak, part of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. A partial moon dog is visible above Blanca Peak, caused by the refraction of moonlight in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Captured in April 2017.

  • Moore's Wall

    Moore's Wall

  • Meteor in the Middle

    Meteor in the Middle

    Star trails above Moore's Knob and Hanging Rock, with a meteor in the middle. 2017

  • Perseid Meteor Shower

    Perseid Meteor Shower

    Perseid meteor shower, Milky Way, and an old farmstead in northern NC. It was amazing watching the Perseid shower in action over the early weekend and definitely the most meteors I have ever seen in one night. There are 11 meteor trails in this image, from a stack of images over the course of an hour. Captured mid-August 2016.

  • Outer Banks Sand Dune

    Outer Banks Sand Dune

    Sand dune and the Milky Way along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the Outer Banks.

  • Dreamy Clouds Above Pilot Mountain

    Dreamy Clouds Above Pilot Mountain

    Puffy clouds and stars at Pilot Mountain in North Carolina.

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