Damnit, I know this was something important ...

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Reddit, thanks to you guys my art is now hanging at NASA! [x-post /r/space]

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I took this photo, printed it on canvas, cut the wood for the frames (42 pieces), stretched the canvas (600+ staples!), and attached the panels together with brushed steel spacers, a format I've been refining for the last couple years. What do you think?

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Another hexagon cluster I made from one of my Milky Way images

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Perfect Light on Half Dome. 10-21-2021. Original photo contains over 130MP of detail, can't wait to print this up BIG [oc][2042x1395]

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I just wanted to take pretty Space photos for a living. Then I got into printing my work and now I spend way too much time making stuff like this hexagon cluster.

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Almost 40, quit my job 4 years ago to take pretty pictures like this, still lost AF. But no regrets!

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Late season Milky Way, from two nights ago in Lake Tahoe. Original file is over 100 megapixels and is maybe my favorite thing I've ever photographed.

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I'm a photographer and print-maker and my passion is the night sky. I made this 7-hexagon canvas cluster in honor of the forthcoming James Webb Telescope. The photo is of the Milky Way over WEBBer Lake, CA

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I drove to Yosemite last week to escape from the smoke for a couple days and watch the Perseids meteor shower. This is the Milky Way over the back of Half Dome. [1551x2500][oc]

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I spent months of my quaran-time researching space facts and designing the astronomy calendar I've always longed for as an astro-landscape photographer. I'm exceedingly happy with how it turned out! Here's the Feb 2021 photo / grid what do you think?

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Another one of these hexagon things I like to make. I'm really happy with how this one turned out.

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I got up at 3am to catch the Blood Moon lunar eclipse this morning, on the east shore of Lake Tahoe [oc][2048x1421]

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I just fricken had to stop and get a picture of this epic scene on my way to work this morning, overlooking Washoe Valley from Mt Rose Highway [oc][1361x2048]

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When they asked to use my photo on the side of the bus, I had... concerns. But it turned like this!

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Liquid Gold! - Fall colors reflected on the Merced River in Yosemite [oc][1373x2000]

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Birdfeather Night - Milky Way over East Shore Lake Tahoe [oc]

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The most beautiful light I've ever experienced, this morning over Washoe Valley, NV. It almost brought tears to my eyes. [oc][2048x1350]

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Working in the print shop with the garage door open while it downpours is pretty much my idea of heaven. This spring has been awesome in Lake Tahoe.

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The light over Lake Tahoe last week ... make sure to zoom in! [oc][3500x1498]

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I love seeing the mountains and valley covered in a little snow, North of Lake Tahoe on the way down to Reno. Wish I could have stopped and enjoyed it for more than a few minutes. [oc][2048x1357]

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Our Milky Way Galaxy, captured this morning around 3am from the top of a ski resort near Lake Tahoe

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Summer is for star gazing. July 3rd, 2018, on the west shore of Tahoe, the Milky Way was clearly visible to the naked eye, and just FULL of color and detail under long exposure.

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I got up on the mountain at Squaw Valley last night during the Thievery Corporation concert to take some photos of the glorious night sky [oc][2048x1436]

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Milky Way, Jupiter, Saturn, over the Sierra Buttes a few nights ago

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I live in North Lake Tahoe and work in Reno, NV. This is why I'm ok with two extra hours in the car each day. [oc by Phil Mosby][4000x1293]

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Incredibly detailed Milky Way over Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, NV [oc][1250x2937]

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Another JWST inspired hexagon cluster featuring my photo Space Clouds! Jupiter appears ultra bright due to diffusion caused by the low clouds and fog that were competing for attention, on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe.

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🔥 Milky Way just effing towering over the back side of Half Dome

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Last night's full moon, captured using the $995 Nikon P1000 camera. What a time to be a photographer

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Untouched snow on the banks of the Truckee River [bw][oc][1363x2027]

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Galactic Bonsai, photo print on hexagonal canvas panels, 43 x 73

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Ancient Light - stars over Eagle Falls, Lake Tahoe, CA, 10 days ago. [oc][1500x2207]

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Milky Way, Jupiter, Saturn, over the Sierra Buttes & Sardine Lake a few nights ago. [oc][1475x2500][ig: @phil.camera] x-post /r/space

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Morning's Glory in Tahoe City, CA. OC from last summer.

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Driving through the mountains each morning, it's often so beautiful that it makes me feel something akin to physical pain. This morning in the Mt Rose meadow, north of Lake Tahoe, broke my heart [oc][2048x1368]

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I fight my latent imposter's syndrome by making big ass prints. Particularly proud of this one.

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Back in July the comet NEOWISE paid a visit... one of the coolest things I've scene with my two eyes

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Overnight in Blackwood Canyon

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Winter stars, moonlight, and a storm moving in over Tahoe last night [oc by Phil Mosby][2048x2163]

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My brother in law is a groomer at a ski resort and a few times a year I'm able to hitch a ride to the top in his cat to capture photos like this. Milky Way over Lake Tahoe from Alpine Meadows, April 2019.

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Long exposure and some fall colors on the Merced River in Yosemite, last October. [oc][1538x2000]

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I'm pretty excited about my new wall art - Cosmic Cliffs in Corina on canvas.

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I spent my quaran-time hunkered down at my mom's place in Reno designing the calendar I've always longed for as an astro-landscape photographer, it's loaded with space facts and data points that are all calibrated to the Reno/Tahoe area (along with my best Tahoe night photos). Really proud of this!

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I'm currently isolated at my Mom's place on the edge of Reno, NV. The sky is not quite as dark here as what I'm used to (because I'm so spoiled), but I still managed to capture this pretty shot of the Milky Way over the Truckee River this morning before Twilight kicked in

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This is why I'm late to work every day. SNOW, glorious snow, + sunrise on the back side of Mt Rose above Reno, NV. [oc by Phil Mosby][1986x1304]

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My idea of self love: setting up my rig before I go to bed so I can get up and do a morning coffee flight before I get to work tomorrow

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I spent about 30 hours making hexagonal frames, printing, and stretching canvas to make this piece, inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope, and the photo is from WEBBer Lake, CA.

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What a brilliant clear night to hike up the mountain! North of Lake Tahoe at the Tahoe XC Nordic Center, last Friday night the 13th. Hopefully this will be covered with snow by tomorrow. [oc][1372x2048]

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Milky Way over the Sierra Buttes in the Lost Sierra [oc][2500x3304]

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Lenticulars over the forest. Lake Tahoe. [OC][2048x1371]

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there's a fire burning in the hills over my home town, so i took my camera out last night and made some long exposures. This is a single exposure with no editing but color correction.

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Vibrant winter stars over Lake Tahoe, a week ago. That's Sirius's bright reflection on the water! [oc][3000x1633]

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This will be my third year putting as many space facts and datapoints as possible on my calendar. December 2023 is going to be an awesome month for meteor showers, what a time to be an astro photographer!

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It looks warm, but air temp was in the 50's when my buddy and I took a soak in this pool last week, on the east shore of Lake Tahoe [oc][3000x1132]

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Broke out of my creative funk and made a new print of a photo I captured last month in Yosemite

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Perfect, snowy, surreal morning in Lake Tahoe, two days ago. [oc][2048x1408]

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The extremely long exposure caused the setting crescent moon to look more like the sun, but it wasn't so bright as to wash out the incredible Milky Way. Another tracked astro landscape photo from Bonsai Rock (Lake Tahoe) taken a few weeks back.

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I got a ride with a groomer to the top of Ward Peak (above Alpine Meadows, north of Lake Tahoe, CA) last night. Nothing but awesome Milky Way and moonlit peaks! This shot is looking South-West towards Desolation Wilderness. [oc][2048x1457]

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Finally got out to see the comet NEOWISE this morning. It's a pretty awesome site! This is just west of Hallelujah Junction off 395.

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Isolated; Together. Above Somerset, around 4am this morning.

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New piece of art I made over the weekend

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It happens.

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Didn't feel like partying on my birthday, so I spent it in the print shop cutting wood and pulling canvas.

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Settling in for the night on a sail boat, under a canopy of stars on Lake Tahoe [oc][2048x1366] x-post /r/space

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Milky Way over Lake Tahoe, printed on three big canvas panels

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The August spread from my 2022 calendar once again features a ton of awesome space facts and datapoints calibrated to the Tahoe / Reno area along side 13 of my best astro-landscape photos. And this year it's being printed right here in Reno. Love to hear your thoughts!

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I (once again) spent months designing the Tahoe-centric Nightscape calendar I've always dreamed of, with daily sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times (among many other data points), all calibrated to Tahoe! Thanks to everyone who checked it out last year, love to hear what ya think of this one

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I'm a photographer with an obsession for rain. Last week I was treated to something I've never seen before: a cloud burst literally glowing from within with pre-sunset light. Here's one of the photos I took of this surreal scene.

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The cover shot for my 2024 Nights on Earth Calendar and Stargazer's Guide to the Night Sky features one of my favorite Tahoe Milky Way shots, from Martis Peak looking south on a crescent-moonlit summer night

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I spent months researching space facts and designing the Tahoe astro landscape calendar I've always dreamed of, with daily sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times (among many other data points), all calibrated to Tahoe! I'm super pleased with the end result, what do you think?

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Milky Way rising up over Lake Tahoe out of the haze from the Washington fire, this morning around 3am [oc][1458x2048]

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A little bit of light pollution in the trees doesn't take away from the majesty of the Milky Way over Lake Tahoe

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You guys really seemed to like my last hexagon canvas creation. Here's another one with 12 panels that I finished last week. I'm pretty proud of it.

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Moonlight in the Mesquite Dunes. Death Valley, CA [oc][2048x1367]

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A year ago I quit my well-paying job so I can take pretty pictures of the stars and paint glowing dots on them. This is the first piece I'm sharing on the Internet, hope you guys like it (actual canvas is 48 x 30)

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I took this photo of the Milky Way over Lake Tahoe with a crescent moon lighting up the forest

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Third and final (and maybe my favorite) picture of the Milky Way over Squaw Valley during that Thievery Corp concert / Wanderlust last Saturday [2048x1326][oc]

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Our incredibly colorful galaxy. One more Milky Way shot from a few nights ago in Lake Tahoe.

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Stopped by the Truckee River for a few moments of tranquility, on my way to work one morning [oc][2050x1364]

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Pale morning light. Death Valley, CA. [oc][2048x1367]

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Windy moonrise over the black rock desert last night [oc by Phil Mosby][2048x1367]

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Hopefully you guys aren't sick of this boat... I had to share one more picture of the boat named Hercules, under the brilliant stars on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe [oc][2048x1367]

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Infinite stars and serenity in Death Valley, CA. I love sleeping in the desert.

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Early morning star gazing, trying to catch the galactic core

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Balanced my tripod on some rocks among the rushing water of the Merced River to get this long exposure photo of Vernal Falls, in Yosemite National Park, last week [oc][2048x1369]

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Highly detailed late-season Milky Way, last week over Lake Tahoe (and my friend the Galactic Monkey)

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A physically redeemable and re-sellable Fine Art NFT where you keep your physical copy forever, a re-imagining of how to use NFTs for administering a super limited edition of physical works

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My take on Yosemite's famous Tunnel View - between rain storms, about a month ago [oc][2500x1214]

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The Milky Way rising over Lake Tahoe a few nights ago.

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I never made it to the hot springs because I got distracted by this epic squall. Near Sierraville, CA [oc][2000x1415]

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Sleeping like a baby under a blanket of stars. At the age of 35 I quit my job and bought a van so I could spend more time in dark places taking photos of the night sky. This is Blackwood Canyon, west of Lake Tahoe.

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Snapped a photo of heaven yesterday on my way to work

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I sure do miss living across from Donner Lake (near Truckee, CA) and waking up to views like this on a regular basis [2500x890][oc]

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This is Big Sur [oc][2048x1367]

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I slept on the beach up in Oregon one night last fall, this is a super high-res pano of one of the most breathtaking sunsets I've ever witnessed [oc][4500x1093]

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Thankfully we got a LITTLE bit of snow in the mountains around Tahoe last weekend... I had to stop and snap a photo of the moonlight sparkling on it this morning, near the Mt Rose summit [oc by Phil][1850x1274]

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First of a series of Scenic Star Charts that I'm producing, this one featuring a view of the February night sky over Lake Tahoe [oc][2048x1367]x-post r/space

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We got some much needed wet, heavy snow up in the Sierras on Saturday [oc][2048x1320]

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We got a couple inches of late-season snow in the Sierra Nevada over night (north of Lake Tahoe). I had to stop and take a photo of this wind-whipped sunrise spectacle on the way to the office this morning. [oc][2048x1431]

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ITAP the sunrise this morning in North Lake Tahoe on my way to the print shop

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Went out to Black Rock a few weeks ago to capture photos of the Milky Way over the flooded desert, finally had a chance to print one of the them today

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Going through some photos from January that I never looked at and came across this high-res pano of Sunset over North Lake Tahoe. I love this place. [oc][3200x1720]

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The Milky Way last night over Lake Tahoe from Martis Peak. 5 image vertical pano with tracked sky, one of the most complex night shots I've done!

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First dusting of snow in the Sierra yesterday, North of Lake Tahoe near Mt Rose [oc][2048x1357]

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Stilled Water and Surreal Skies over east shore, Lake Tahoe, last weeked [oc][2048x1367]

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I took a cold water soak, then set up the camera and shot a timelapse of the Full Moon rising over Lake Tahoe last night. So fucking pretty!

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Another JWST-inspired Hexagon piece that I made from scratch (my photo, design, and craftsmanship). I know history is against me, but I truly believe this game-changing space telescope will successfully launch on October 31st of this year... What do you guys think?

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Wonderful morning light through the trees over Donner Lake, CA [oc][1920x1272]

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Another one of these big ol' hexagon prints I like to make! :)

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I've been trying to get out and shoot Milky Way photos as often as I can this summer as it always goes too fast. This was taken about a week ago in Lake Tahoe (with star tracker for extra long exposure)

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The blood moon was mostly obscured by clouds, but the sky in North Lake Tahoe was awesome nevertheless last night [oc][1800x1201]

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A bit after midnight, the wind came to an abrupt halt and the entire flooded Black Rock desert instantly turned into a sheet of glass, reflecting the brilliant sky above.

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I'm an astro-landscape photographer, print-maker, and cosmo maxi. My work hangs on walls all over the world including at NASA, and soon it will be coming to STARGAZE!

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This was supposed to be a peaceful holiday photo, but people keep telling me it's creepy. I was calling it the Moonlight Sugar Shack, but one friend told me it should be called the Moonlight Murder Shack. What do you think reddit?

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I don't make black and white photos very often but man am I stoked with how this one looks printed up all big on canvas like this

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My physically-redeemable Astro Photography project is up for community vote right now

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Last night's dark skies over North Lake Tahoe, featuring: Andromeda, winter Milky Way, and a super bright Venus which seems to emanate Zodiacal Light (?)

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While wide-spread light pollution is terrible for astro photography, a little bit of very localized light in an otherwise dark place will not necessarily wash out the night sky (captured three nights ago)

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The Milky Way rising over Lake Tahoe [oc][2002x2644]

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Even with the light pollution from surrounding towns, Lake Tahoe is an amazing place to view the stars. Thanks to my brother in law the groomer for giving me a ride to the top of Alpine Meadows for this photo.

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Venus shining down on the 110 year old remains of the ship Peter Iredale, on the Oregon Coast.

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Peace on the Truckee River. Taken this morning on my way to the shop. [oc][2048x1363]

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It may be called Glacier National Park, but when I was there last summer it almost felt like a rain forest. [oc][2048x1361]

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Magic Rocks in North Lake Tahoe [oc by me Phil Mosby][2048x1367]

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Winter Night in Death Valley.

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Gotta love these epic dark nights at the lake

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Some of the best light I've ever witnessed (let alone captured), north Lake Tahoe. Original pano is over 130Megapixels! [oc][3000x1039]

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Seemingly endless amount of stars over north Lake Tahoe last night [oc by Phil][2048x1367]

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Night sky reflecting off the surreal wet landscape of the Blackrock Desert, NV [oc][2048x1356]

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Tahoe waking up under a blanket of powder this morning... wish I was headed into the back country instead of to work.

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Bright moon and pale Milky Way captured last week in Yosemite. Original file is comprised of 4 landscape oriented photos and weighs in at over 90megapixels!

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Interesting double pulse meteor? I've captured many meteors before but never one quite like this. Anyone have any insights into what I'm seeing here?

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Hat Creek is a pretty little thing, especially with a dusting of snow. Somewhere in the Lassen National Forest, California [oc][2400x1602]

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Crescent moon rising through the clouds and fog on the Oregon coast [oc][2048x1367]

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Stillness and Motion on Donner Lake this morning [oc][2048x1367]

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Milky Way rising up over Lake Tahoe out of the haze from the Washington fire, this morning around 3am [oc]

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Setting crescent moon (not the sun!) and highly detailed Milky Way, another massive vertorama from Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, captured a few weeks back. [oc][1172x2000] x-post r/space/

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Really wonderful morning light in the mountains north of Lake Tahoe yesterday [oc][1358x2048]

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Winter Night Sky over The Mt Rose / Sheep Flat meadow last night, with Carson down to the left and Lake Tahoe peaking through the branches center-right. One of the most technically challenging photos I've ever taken. [oc][3000x1928]

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Still Waters. Yesterday morning on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. [oc][2048x1360]

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Last night it was so still in North Lake Tahoe that you could see the reflection of the stars on the lake with the naked eye [oc by Phil Mosby][2048x1345]

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Watercolor Sky, high res sunrise panorama over Lake Tahoe [oc][3500x1169]

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I took the van out to Black Rock (errrr... Lake Lahontan) last week ...

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8-shot pano of the Moon and the Milky Way over Lake Tahoe. Light pollution from Placerville (I _think_) way off to the right. [oc][3000x1186]

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Sunrise light at Donner Lake. The waves were crashing, but I slowed them down with a long exposure. [oc][2048x1449]

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