Thank you all for making 2025 my best year of photography yet! 70 years on and off this planet and I am still scratchin…
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Thank you all for making 2025 my best year of photography yet! 70 years on and off this planet and I am still scratching the surface of its beauty. The best is yet to come! Here are my 9 favorite photos from 2025, to ring in the new year! 1. Milky Way horizons, with bright orange atmospheric airglow, blurring cities, and fixed point sidereal views made possible with my homemade star tracker. 2. Star trails over Africa, with purple spots of lightning, golden nighttime lights streaking from the…
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