I spent several years shooting all kinds of night scenes around the world.

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Author: Marcin Zaj? c

My name is Marcin Zajac, and I am a landscape photographer from Poland. My current headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Last year, I took this photo on the coast of Australia. At that time, intercontinental travel was still a thing, and I had the opportunity to go to Sydney on business. In order to catch up with it, I took a train from Sydney to the seaside town of Chiama. After sunset, I entered this small cave and waited for several hours, waiting for the appearance of the galactic core. Not familiar with the southern sky, I was soon surprised to find that Jupiter appeared (it is the brightest celestial body on the left side of the sea pile).

This is a vertical panorama of Fife Beach Arch in Big Sur, California. This panoramic photo consists of about five overlapping photos, from looking directly at the ocean to almost completely overlooking a large part of the Milky Way.

This rough tree is an ancient stiff-haired pine tree, which grows on Mount White in eastern California, with an altitude of about 1 1000 feet (about 3500m). These trees are the oldest non-cloned organisms in the world, and some of them have a history of nearly 5000 years. This means that they were still alive when they built the pyramids in Egypt! The conditions in these remote mountainous areas are very bad, with low temperature, short growing period, strong wind and poor soil. In view of this, the bristle pine tree thrives under these conditions and reaches its great age, although its harsh environment makes the pine tree grow very slowly, which in turn makes the wood very dense and resistant to insects, diseases and erosion.

If I had to choose my favorite place, it might be here. Located on the Pacific coast near Big Sur, there is everything here-a beautiful bay full of emerald water, an 80-foot waterfall and a palm tree that makes you feel like you are on a tropical island, and the dark sky shines with bright stars at night.

In the wilderness of New Mexico, a mushroom-shaped squid stands tall, while the Milky Way peeps through the clouds. Usually, when shooting the night sky, my goal is clear sky, but I think the thin clouds in this photo add a lot of fun to the scene. They look like they were taken at sunset, but they are actually illuminated by light pollution in nearby towns. This photo was taken in road trip in May this year, and the trip went to the Ashler-Parr wilderness in northwest New Mexico.

An extraordinary rock spire (also known as "walnut") rises from the wasteland, forming a perfect prospect for the galaxy above. This is part of the Ashle-Patch wilderness in the San Juan Basin in northwest New Mexico. This is one of the most remote areas in the United States that I have the opportunity to visit. The nearest town is 50 miles from here, and the road to it is rugged, with occasional sandy roads, which puts pressure on my two-wheel drive car. However, I got a chance to camp under the dark and beautiful sky. The only sound that breaks the silence at night is the howl of wolves in the distance.

If you don't understand the name of the arch (boot arch) as much as I do, please look inside the arch! This arch is one of many arches located in the Alabama Mountain rock formation on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada.

The pigeon horn is 1 15 feet (47 meters) high, making it the tallest lighthouse on the west coast of the United States. It is located between Santa Cruz and San Francisco and has been guiding the California coast since 1872.

The Milky Way rises from the coastline of Big Sur in the moonlight, and is called "the greatest land-water intersection in the world". Located two hours' drive south of San Francisco Bay, the mountainous mountains along the California coast are easy to reach, but undeveloped and sparsely populated. There is almost no light pollution here, which is an excellent destination for night photography. Apart from the stars, the only light source is a new moon and the occasional light from cars driving on the Pacific coast highway.

The night sky revolves around Polaris, and cars pass the bixby Bridge on the expressway on the Pacific coast of central California. This is my first attempt to capture the track of a star caused by the rotation of the earth. This photo was taken on a crystal clear but cold night in Big Sur, with an exposure time of nearly 3.5 hours (5 minutes at a time). At that time, I tried not to freeze myself.

These strange spherical boulders on the Mendocino coast in northern California only appear at low tide. Similar to bowling, they are called concrete, which was formed after the surrounding soft sandstone was eroded by the Pacific Ocean for millions of years. To make this photo possible, at least four conditions need to be met. The first is the right time of year, because only in summer (April to September) can we see the galactic nucleus of the Milky Way. The second is the phase of the moon, because the phase around the new moon is the best, so that the light from the moon will not wash away the galaxy. Third, the tide should be low, otherwise the boulder will be completely submerged. Finally, the summer weather in this area is often shrouded in fog, resulting in low visibility. On Sunday night, all these factors were favorable, so I decided to go back and forth from the Bay Area for 8 hours.

Enjoy the Milky Way in the hot tub east of Siera.

My favorite nightlife includes the Milky Way on the dome and Yosemite Valley seen from the glacier point.

I tried astrophotography for the first time. This is an ancient bristle pine, which grows in the moonlight in the white mountains in eastern California. These trees can live for more than 5000 years and are the longest-lived creatures on earth.

This is comet Neowise (C/2020 F3) with two tails. The blue-emitting fine ion tail points upward, and the larger dust tail occupies most of the picture. I shot it in Alabama, a dark place in eastern California, where comets can be clearly seen with the naked eye. This photo is the result of superimposing 10 exposures with a 70mm lens. All exposures were made under the conditions of 60 seconds, ISO3200 and f/2.8. I used a star tracker so that I could be exposed to stars and comets for a whole minute without being affected by the rotation of the earth.

These rotating eroded sandstone boulders are located in the arid desert of northwest New Mexico, giving people the feeling of standing on a planet in another world, surrounded by strange creatures emerging from cracked eggshells. This area was once covered by an ancient ocean. As the sea recedes, a thick layer of messy sandstone, mudstone and shale is left, which has not been disturbed for more than 50 million years. However, when the last ice age subsided 6000 years ago, this land was carved into the present grotesque shape.

A legal battle is going on about entering this beach, which may eventually be held in the US Supreme Court. At present, the road leading to the beach is closed by the owner, but walking to the beach has not been prosecuted, and many people wander here during the day. This is one of my favorite places to shoot in the Bay Area. I have never seen a sunset here, because the weather along the coast of san mateo is very unpredictable, and it seems that favorable conditions may change soon. However, on this night, I witnessed a rare enjoyment-a completely sunny summer seaside night. Because of the light pollution in nearby towns, the Milky Way here is not as conspicuous as the more remote places along the coast, but I am surprised by the large number of details visible near Silicon Valley.

The other is shark's fin bay shot from another angle, and the Milky Way is rising from the clear night sky in Ran Ran.

This photo was taken in Davenport Beach, Davenport, California. Another clear night sky swept over the abandoned beach.

The Milky Way rises from shark fin rocks on the beach near Santa Cruz. This photo is a mixture of sky photos (F2.8,20 ",ISO 3200) and foreground photos (F2.8 minutes, ISO800).

These rock paintings were carved on a huge volcanic boulder by Native Americans who lived in this area of eastern California thousands of years ago. By chiseling away the dark side of the rock, they exposed the shallower rock below. The unusual thing about this panel is that it faces the sky, which makes it possible to make some interesting compositions, including the Sierra Nevada and the night sky in the same frame. The location of this rock painting is a carefully protected secret to avoid destroying this unique and sacred place and finding it an adventure. For this, don't ask me how to find it.

Built in 65438+1960s, Davenport Wharf is a platform for transporting timber to San Francisco. Since then, the wharf has been abandoned for a long time, and now only the concrete arch that once supported the wharf has stood the test of time.

The Milky Way is on the historic bixby Bridge in Big Sur. This part of the California coast is characterized by steep cliffs and hidden beaches and bays. This is one of the most spectacular amusement facilities in the world. Because there is almost no development here, there is no light pollution and it is a perfect star-watching destination.