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Hello - Welcome. The purpose of this site is to document my experiences photographing wildlife and nature throughout Australia and abroad.  I hope you find the content interesting and educational, and the images  cause you to reflect on how important it is preserve natural places and their inhabitants.

All wildife has been photographed in the wild and animals are NOT captive or living in enclosures.

For me photography of the natural world is more than just pretty settings and cuddly animal photos. It's a concern for the environment and the earth all living creatures must share.

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Wednesday
Sep292010

Stars and the Night Sky, South Pacific

Stars & Night Sky

One aspect of the south Pacific, and indeed much of Australia is the definite lack of light pollution.  The sky looks dark to the horizon...

LEFT:  Night sky, stars and Milky Way, Kingdom of Tonga

Much of the United States and Europe suffers from excess light pollution making the night sky and stars very difficult to see.  Another hurdle in the U.S. is trying to find a dark sky without aerial traffic!  I can remember when in Yosemite National Park (California) in the High Seirras photographing the night sky, it was a challenge to not phtoograph the contrail or red light of an aircraft flying overhead.  The airways in the US are so busy that it's almost impossible to watch the night sky for any length of time and not see the lights from a commerical or military flight.  This makes the south pacific an ideal location to photograph stars, star trails and other astronomic events.