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Skier and the Galaxy

Skier and the Galaxy

The Skier is metal art found at McMurdo Station Antarctica. I do not know who made it or when it was made. But it has been here a long time predating my first s...
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The Skier is metal art found at McMurdo Station Antarctica. I do not know who made it or when it was made. But it has been here a long time predating my first season in 1999.
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NIKON D810

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Aperture 14/10 ISO 3200 Shutter 10/1 Focal Length 200/10

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May, 2016

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Panoramic taken at 2:30a.m at McMurdo Station Antarctica. We had Aurora Australis activity going on this day 08-12-2015. I thought the Milky Way and o

McMurdo Station on June 7th at 10am roughly. A lot going on in this image, Aurora activity, Airfield lighting on the ice shelf, ice pier being built o

Beautiful evening on Ross Island with a temperature around +8F and little wind. Was down by the ocean and captured this sunset with a long exposure to

Woke up at 4am to get a shot of the hut with the Milky Way and was awarded the addition of Aurora activity as well. This photo is a 8 photo panorama.

The dome houses a NASA dish that tracks satellites. To the left is SuperDARN which stands for Super Dual Aurora Radar Network. Not visible accept the

Ross Island Antarctica, just outside of McMurdo Station on the road heading to Scott Base. This is a focus stacked panorama. Two pans from the same sp

McMurdo Station Antarctica under the Milky Way and aurora activity. Taken June 2016 during the Antarctic winter.

This is a 39 exposure HDR panoramic

A panoramic image I took in 2015 and reprocessed as I have learned some new techniques. Composed of 16 images 8 across the bottom and 8 across the top

Image done at Milford Sound New Zealand. This is a 5 row panoramic of 71 exposures, image as cropped is just over 200mp. Single focus on the stars, se

Tuesday morning was clear skies and no moon so had to take advantage. Taken June 27th 2017 6:20am, 87 exposures make up this focus stacked panorama. 3

That Wanaka tree likely the most photographed tree in the world. I met some great photographers while photographing this tree trying to get a great su

Taken at McMurdo Station Antarctica looking towards Hut Point. The ocean is frozen and a new ice pier is in the early stages of being built. The light

Black Island is roughly 25 miles from Ross Island. Ross Island has two research bases on it one is McMurdo Station owned and run by the USA and the ot

04-23-2017 we had a great Aurora Australis show, spreading across the sky for hours here on Ross Island Antarctica. In front are two Kassbohrer PB300

71 exposure Panoramic taken in the Milford Sound region of New Zealand.

Taken on Ross Island Antarctica between McMurdo Station and Scott Base Station. The bright lighting bottom right is from Scott Base. The laser and equ

The Hut Robert F Scott and crew built for their 1901-1904 expeditions on the point beneath the Galactic Core of the Milky Way.
Image taken on Ross

Taken on Ross Island of Antarctica looking towards what is known as Hut Point a peninsula of Ross Island. The mountains barely visible in the far back

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