Where the stars are the stars! Custom rigs and special lenses abound when trying to shoot at night. The views from the bottoms of craters are designed to give an insight into where we come from, how we got here, and the juxtaposition between our creation and our destruction. These pictures require processing to become visible, but they are not composites. The shots you see are the way the shots came out of the camera, unless otherwise specified, like for star trails shots.
The Transit of Venus as captured from Halfway Arch, Morrison Colorado, on June 6th, 2012. The transit happens only twice every 125 years, but each transit is only visible from a portion of the Earth. Thus, this particular view has not been seen for some time longer than that. Halfway Arch may have gotten its name from the fact that it's not a true arch, it only looks like one from a distance. Once you get up close, you see it's really two rock outcroppings that look like they overlap from certain angles.
The Transit of Venus as captured from Halfway Arch, Morrison Colorado, on June 6th, 2012. The transit happens only twice every 125 years, but each transit is only visible from a portion of the Earth. Thus, this particular view has not been seen for some time longer than that. Halfway Arch may have gotten its name from the fact that it's not a true arch, it only looks like one from a distance. Once you get up close, you see it's really two rock outcroppings that look like they overlap from certain angles.