Nighttime Panoramas

Over the last tens of thousands of years the night sky has aided the evolution of humans in countless ways.

Fire from the Sky
The Perseid Meteor Shower is the largest meteor shower earth encounters. The view here of an ancient Bristlecone Pine through the tail of the Comet Swift_-Tuttle from Great Basin National Park.
Landscape Great Basin National Park Milky Way National Parks Nevada
Starry Nights at the Ghost town at Rhyolite, Nevada
Signs of the earliest gold rushes can be found all around the Great Basin landscapes.
Starry Night Nevada Rhyolite Ghost Town Death Valley National Park
From Night Photography - Star Trails
Milky Way over Great Basin National Park
Mixed with the hazy green air glow, the Orion Arm of the Milky Way rises ever higher in the late spring sky.
Agat Invasion Beach - Battle of Guam
This tranquil setting on the west coast of Guam was one of the US Marine invasion beaches during the Battle of Guam in June 1944.
Guam Agat WWII National Parks War in the Pacific
From Guam at Night
Playa Life at Death Valley National Park
The view below sea level of the playa salt formations in Death Valley.
Starry Night California Playa Death Valley National Park
Wheeler Peak at Great Basin National Park
Wheeler Peak, the tallest mountain in Nevada, and contained in the state's only national park.
Starry Night Nevada Wheeler Peak Great Basin National Park