Tag Archives: Night Sky

Stars over Mono

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

Moonless nights in northern Mono County provide very dark skies, good for making star trails and seeing the Milky Way. . . . Tim Messick Photography • Graphics Copyright © 2012 Tim Messick. All rights reserved. . .

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After the Eclipse

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

The clouds that obscured the latter part of the solar eclipse at Fort Churchill on May 20 lingered until after sunset, adding some interest to the darkening sky. Here’s the view from the park museum, overlooking the ruins of the … Continue reading →

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Garage at Bodie

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

This garage behind the Boone Store at Bodie contains a couple of old carriages. I stacked four 4-minute exposures to lengthen the star trails and did a little light painting through the garage door during one exposure to illuminate the … Continue reading →

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If Hopper Had Come to Bodie

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

A few minutes before 1:00 a.m. (the time we were supposed to leave Bodie), I was walking up Green Street and noticed this scene. The old house with simple lines, the white curtains in the windows, the single light source … Continue reading →

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Light Painting at South Tufa

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Night photography with light painting is best practiced either in very small or very dispersed groups. With too many people together, you may end up photographing other photographers, their head lamps, and their light painting.  That’s what happened here, early … Continue reading →

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Stars over Mono Lake

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Early last week at the Night Photography Festival, I joined a group heading down to South Tufa at sunset. This is a popular place to photograph sunrises, sunsets, and stormy skies over the lake, but you don’t often see pictures … Continue reading →

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NPy (Night Photography) Festival at Mono Lake

Posted on June 17, 2011 by

I’ve just returned from THE night photography event of the year: the 2011 Night Photography Festival at Mono Lake hosted by The Nocturnes, in celebration of  20 years  of night photography fun, exhibits, workshops. The event included four afternoons of … Continue reading →

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Desert Night Sky

Posted on April 9, 2010 by

Earlier this week, the family and I spent a few days in the Mojave Desert, at Red Rock Canyon State Park.  The first night was cloudy, rainy, and very windy.  A couple nights later, it was calm, clear, and very … Continue reading →

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