The Project

Galactic 50

A long-running project to photograph the Milky Way from fifty named locations across America — national parks, desert overlooks, forgotten roads. One sky, many places, every frame an hour-plus exposure under the darkest skies we could find.

Milky Way arcing across the night sky over a rocky coastline, long-exposure surf rendered as soft fog, stars visible through high clouds

The Galactic Coast

TODO: which coast — Pacific NW? Big Sur? Acadia?

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Vertical scene of an old wooden mining structure in a mountain valley at night, the Milky Way core rising above it and a meteor streaking down on the right

The Old Mill

TODO: Animas Forks? Alta? Telluride-area ghost town?

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Vertical view of the Milky Way core framed by a silhouetted sandstone arch, faint glow of distant city light visible through the opening

Through the Arch

Arches National Park, Utah

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Vertical view of the Milky Way core rising over a rocky New England coastline at night, a small figure of a person standing on the cliff edge for scale

The Watcher

TODO: Beavertail? Acadia? — New England coast?

From $35
Vertical view of Crater Lake at night with the Milky Way core rising vertically behind a weathered dead tree on the rim, the caldera and Wizard Island visible below

Crater Lake

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

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Vertical seascape at night with the Milky Way overhead, the moon setting into the Pacific with a long reflection on still water, a meteor streaking from upper right, and fin-shaped sea stacks in the foreground

Moonset Meteor

TODO: Shark Fin Cove, Davenport, California?

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Vertical view of the Milky Way core rising above a stacked-stone cairn on a rocky lake shore, smooth water and a distant treeline

Cairn

TODO: which Great Lake shoreline?

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Wide landscape of an Atlantic beach at night, a rock jetty extending into the ocean and the Milky Way core visible low on the right side of the sky

Stones and Stars

TODO: which Atlantic beach / jetty?

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Vertical view of a wooden boardwalk curving through a marsh in dim moonlight, a single tree silhouetted against the Milky Way core in a hazy sky

Boardwalk

TODO: Acadia? Cape Cod? — Northeast wetland?

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Wide landscape of a mountain valley at night, a small town's lights glowing in the basin and the Milky Way arching overhead in a deep blue sky

The Town Below

TODO: Mammoth Lakes? June Lake? — Eastern Sierra?

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Vertical view of the Milky Way core rising vertically into the sky, a very bright planet glowing at the horizon and tree silhouettes along the bottom

Bright Planet

TODO: where — high desert / SW?

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Wide landscape of the Milky Way core rising over a forested lake at night, grasses lit in the foreground, mist on the water

Lake at Midnight

TODO: which northeast lake?

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Vertical view of a silver Jeep Renegade parked on a paved coastal pullout at night, the Milky Way core rising behind it in a deep blue sky

The Renegade

TODO: which coastal overlook?

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Vertical view of the Milky Way core rising above a red covered bridge nestled in dark trees

Covered Bridge, Open Sky

TODO: which covered bridge / state?

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Vertical seascape at night with the Milky Way core in the center of the sky, seaweed-covered rocks in the foreground, a small distant lighthouse glowing yellow on the left horizon

Lighthouse Glow

TODO: which lighthouse / coast?

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Wide landscape view of a Jeep parked in a grassy field at night, surrounding trees framing the scene, the Milky Way core rising overhead

Camp Stars

TODO: which field / state?

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Vertical view of a single tree silhouetted against the Milky Way core rising vertically in the night sky, faint horizon glow at the bottom

The Lone Tree

TODO: which grassland / state?

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Milky Way core rising above a rural gravel road that cuts through farmland, grass and trees on either side, faint distant light pollution on the horizon

The Long Road Home

TODO: which back road / state?

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Milky Way galaxy core rising over the distinctive sandstone peak of The Watchman in Zion National Park, deep blue sky filled with stars

The Watchman, Watched

Zion National Park, Utah

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Vertical view of the Milky Way core perfectly reflected in a still alpine lake, mountain to the left and conifer trees on the far shore

Mirror, Mirror

TODO: which alpine lake — Colorado? Wyoming?

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Vertical view of the Milky Way arching down to a mountain lake reflected on still water, grasses in the foreground, forested ridges beyond

Galaxy on the Water

TODO: which mountain lake?

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Landscape view of the Milky Way over a calm lake or harbor, multiple yellow and green lights from the far shore reflecting in long stripes on the water

Sodium and Stars

TODO: which lake / shore?

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Wide landscape of the Milky Way arching over a quiet inland-sea cove at night, driftwood logs framing a sandy beach and still water

Driftwood Beach

TODO: Voyageurs? Boundary Waters? Great Lakes?

From $35