Galaxy Rises over Flinders Peninsula
This is my first nightscape outing in a long time – atleast three months. Finally, the night skies over Albany cleared and no longer being under lock down due to the Covid issue I...
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The Dying Light
The nebulas in the Orion constellation (sky left) and the Vela supernova remnant (sky right) dominate the night skies over an empty, unnamed lake just west of Lake Perkolilli near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The...
Startrails over Perkolilli
At a small, un-named lake west of the bigger Lake Perkolilli (near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia) the clouds cleared enough for me to camp out under the stars. I had the un-named lake all to...
Nightscape Calendar from Sep19
Well, its the season where the galaxy core is in the western skies and sets early in the mornings. This is my favourite time of year, and for many astrophotographers who enjoy doing nightscape...
Bay of Stars
On a dark and empty stretch of coastline stand the tall pillars of Albany windfarm, their mighty blades spinning in the night breeze. Over the sweeping bay the Milkyway galaxy slowly descends into the...
Winter at Lake Ballard
This was a long dedicated trip to Lake Ballard. One long drive, six and a half hours from Perth to Kalgoorlie, then another two and a half to Lake Ballard. I had been planning...
Carina Beyond the Dunes
A walk of 30 minutes into the dunes near Wedge Point and the landscape is wonderfully empty except for the flowing sands and the skies above. It was a hard slog, and unfortunately this...
The Southern Lighthouse
From a distance, I gazed southward to the lonely lighthouse that silently guards the southern seas and the dark night. The arm of the Milkyway stretches out from the misty green sky glow that...
Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter ascends above the dark seascape and the bare stone of Peak Head located near Albany, Western Australia. Outshining the brightest stars, Jupiter defiantly pierces a gap in the looming clouds as behind it...
Lake Brown Christmas Trip
I spent part of the Christmas holidays in Kalgoorlie, the place where I was from originally until moving to Perth many years ago. I had hoped to make an expedition to Lake Ballard which...
