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Milky Way and Shooting Star over Delicate Arch, as stars cover the night sky. Image ID: 27854 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA	Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. Image ID: 28586 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA	The Wave at Night, under a clear night sky full of stars. Photographer is illuminating the striated rocks with a small handheld light. The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 28620 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA

The Second Wave at Night. The Second Wave, a spectacular sandstone formation in the North Coyote Buttes, lies under a sky full of stars. Image ID: 28627 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA	Yosemite Falls and star trails, at night, viewed from Cook's Meadow, illuminated by the light of the full moon. Image ID: 27733 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Owachomo Bridge and Milky Way. Owachomo Bridge, a natural stone bridge standing 106' high and spanning 130' wide,stretches across a canyon with the Milky Way crossing the night sky. Image ID: 28541 Location: Owachomo Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, USA

Panorama of the Milky Way over Mesa Arch. Image ID: 27824 Location: Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA Pano dimensions: 4790 x 7815	Stars and the Milky Way over ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, some exceeding 4000 years in age. Image ID: 29407 Species: Bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	Landscape Arch and Milky Way, stars rise over the arch at night. Image ID: 27868 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA

Approaching sunrise and star trails over the San Diego Downtown City Skyline. In this 60 minute exposure, stars create trails through the night sky over downtown San Diego. Image ID: 28386 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Ancient bristlecone pine trees at night, under a clear night sky full of stars, lit by a full moon, near Patriarch Grove. Image ID: 28533 Species: Ancient bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5144 x 11788

Milky Way at Night over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 30220 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4709 x 9140

Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27772 Species: Bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	Ancient bristlecone pine trees at night, under a clear night sky full of stars, lit by a full moon, near Patriarch Grove. Image ID: 28535 Species: Ancient bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	Stars and the Milky Way over ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are the oldest trees in the world, some exceeding 4000 years in age. Image ID: 29406 Species: Bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA

Milky Way galaxy rises above the Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28428 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA	Elephant arch and stars at night, moonlight, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28435 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA	Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. Image ID: 28587 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA

Milky Way galaxy rises above the Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28554 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA	The OVRO 40 meter Telescope, part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope is used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) station and as a single dish instrument. Its main focus today is on the monitoring of blazars. Image ID: 28796 Location: Big Pine, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7153 x 11978	The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26792 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

Half Dome and nighttime stars, viewed from Glacier Point. Image ID: 27951 Location: Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4761 x 10519

Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, seen here at night with swirling star trails formed in the sky above due to a long time exposure. Image ID: 27681 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA	Racetrack sailing stone and star trails. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 27671 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Stars over the Tower of Babel, starry night, Arches National Park, Utah. Image ID: 27847 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA

Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections. Image ID: 28461 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Star Trails over Sky Rock. Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. Image ID: 28498	Milky Way over Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park. Image ID: 28521 Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Quarter Moon over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 28366 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. Image ID: 28590 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA