Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile, March 2023. Patagonia had always been on my bucket-list, and it turned into the trip of a lifetime. This image was captured on one of those extraordinarily rare perfect mornings. The pink colors exploding in the sky prior to sunrise, the mountain reflection in the lake, no wind at all, and the serene setting was something I’ll never forget. All this following a beautiful night of astrophotography at the same location. I’m so glad I stayed until sunrise.

I had the privilege of joining my father on a trip to Patagonia and Antarctica in late 2023, not long ago. To say it was magical is an understatement. After many years of conflict, I spent 3 weeks with my father and just enjoyed his company and his many stories and he enjoyed me and mine.

At 25 degrees and 17 mph winds, a May midnight haze was clearing at Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park. I stood alone mesmerized by the tide rolling in. While perched on the stairway leading down into the natural rock formation, I could hear the distinct rumbles of Thunder Hole become stronger and stronger as the Milky Way rose. Acadia’s often colorful airglow sky engulfed the landscape casting distinct color variations from the misty horizon into the foamy waves and onto rocks below. Hundreds gather on summer days hoping to “experience” Thunder Hole. I feel humbled to have been able to have this encounter alone while illuminated by the night sky.

Milky Way was just about straight up on Mt. Rainier while the 15% moon started to shed the top of mountain.

This image was from literally the last hours of the second storm chasing trip I have ever taken. The first trip was in 2022. The second in 2023. Neither trip produced the storms and images I dreamed of. Both years we hit the dry week in between spectacular storm weeks.

Icelands unique landscape took me to Fagurholsmyri on a rainy gloomy November morning, An old Church, Graveyard with moss covered coffins, created a vivid atmospheric moody picture, the naked trees swooping in the foreground help to set the eerie image!

This is my favorite image of 2023 because it is the best meteor shower image that I have ever taken. Lake Irene in Rocky Mountain National Park provided an ideal foreground for the Perseid Meteors on August 12-13, 2023. This image is a composite of 48 exposures taken over a four hour period.

Night sky and astrophotography was not to be for me in 2023 but I did enjoy a really wonderful trip to Zimbabwe and Botswana! One evening we were photographing a murmuration of Red-billed Quelea and they passed in front of a feeding elephant.

UFO? Or International Space Station (ISS) sighting? I took this image standing in the reeds on the the Big Bay Lagoon, Madeline Island, Lake Superior. It was a lovely September evening, just after sunset, and a low fog was rolling in.

This image was taken after I returned from the 2023 Nightscaper Conference in Kanab, Utah, and upon receipt of my astro-modified Canon R6 camera. I met up with another nightscape photography friend outside of Weed, CA at the Living Memorial Sculpture Garden to photograph some of the giant sculptures against the night sky. We were challenged with the lighting of the statues but that was just the first challenge. The post-processing of a modified camera was also a little intimidating but I think I succeeded with this image. The statue is titled, “The Coming Home” and depicts a couple embracing when the soldier returns from war.