From early September to mid-October I traveled through five western states: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico doing a combination of night sky photography, workshops and photographing the sky and landscapes. The trip took me through four national parks, one state park, one tribal park, a dark sky city and finally U.S. forest land. In many places there were photographs to be taken from early morning, late afternoon and into the night. I met my friend Rush in Yellowstone where we saw amazing wildlife as well as landscapes. We camped for a week, then headed south, ending up in Flagstaff. Then continued on to Albuquerque and central New Mexico for more sights. Here is a selection of the night sky photos.

Crescent moon, Very Large Array, NM. This image was Astronomy Picture of the Day, Nov. 10, 2018 (Click APOD )
FIVE STATES 2018 | 2018 | NATIONAL PARKS | Tags: APOD, Arches, Colorado, Magdalena, milky way, moon, national parks, New Mexico, night sky, Rocky Mountain, stars, Utah, Very Large Array, Wyoming | Comments (1)
How perfectly lovely! We know that they are out there – the geysers, the Big Dipper, the Milky Way- but you make them real and vivid and provide a moment of awe, which we all need. Thank you for your vision.