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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺. 👻

I used to dread summer but now I’ve made friends with the ghosts and look forward to the few weekend nights we can maybe spend together under the Milky Way without the moon drowning us out or the heat chasing me away.

📍Goldwell Open Air Museum
Beatty, Nevada
June 21st 2026

📸 Canon G7X Mark II

𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙥 & 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙤, 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

Caught some of the June Bootids meteor shower last weekend out in Rhyolite with my friend. I went out to experience the Milky Way after waiting a few months for the core to return and I was not disappointed. Highly suggest grabbing a friend or two and experiencing the night sky for yourselves. We saw owls, bats, donkeys, coyote, too. I’m already counting down the nights until the moon is no longer drowning out the sky to go again.

I love you, Beatty. See you again soon.

📍Rhyolite Ghost Town
Beatty, Nevada
June 21st 2026

📸 Canon G7X Mark II

𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯, & 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴.

Spent the night of the solstice out in the Nevada desert under the galactic core of the Milky Way in our favorite ghost town ✨ Finding solace in the stars. There’s something really special about being out there in the vast open space, in the dark alone, and watching the shadows dance on the hills as the moon rises or sets. I’m amazed at what hides in the night sky under a cover of darkness. I could photograph Albert Szukalski’s ghosts all night.

First time taking pictures of the Milky Way so I’m still figuring out my settings and how I want to edit the photos.

📍Goldwell Open Air Musuem
Beatty, Nevada
June 21st 2026

📸 Canon G7X Mark II