While many people are haunted by COVID-19 as a source of fear, a nature photographer and astrophysicist in California sees this as an opportunity to visit remote areas of the New Mexico desert. . Here he took a series of majestic and magnificent photographs of his sandstone landscape against the backdrop of the sparkling Milky Way.
Here are some out-of-this-world nature photos taken by photographer Marcin Zajac:
Marcin Zajac, a 33-year-old software engineer, said: “With the pandemic raging, this is the perfect time to drive to a remote desert and camp a few days away from civilization. day.”
“The landscape here looks like another world, especially when the sun goes down and the stars appear,” says photographer Marcin.He captured a unique image of the sandstone dubbed the “Alien Throne” in the Valley of Dreams in northwestern New Mexico.
He then submitted his unique work to NASA. And to my surprise, it was also selected as the space agency’s Astronomical Picture of the Day (APOD), published on their website.In addition to using the wide-angle lens, Marcin is also equipped with a celestial tracker, which allows exposures of up to 5 minutes, increasing detail while reducing noise.
“My goal is to capture the beauty of the natural world we live in,” says Marcin. I find myself drawn to majestic landscapes in breathtaking, vivid conditions.”Photographer Marcin Zajac from Poland, currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. He regularly travels the roads of the American West in search of breathtaking views in the sky or on the ground and presents them on his Instagram channel.
Last spring, Marcin captured a scene of a raging fire in California’s Yosemite National Park, where he knew it was a planned fire. He called it a “surreal experience” while driving on the road with flames burning on both sides of the road, he could clearly feel the heat spreading in from the outside while sitting in the car.
Also last year, Marcin took a trip to the remote wilderness in Utah, traversing 50 miles of dirt in his rented car. The trip eventually yielded a photo of the late-night view of the Milky Way surrounding a stunning S-curved gorge.
In addition to NASA’s APOD awards, photographer Marcin has also been shortlisted three times for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award, organized by the Royal Greenwich Museum. These are all special points that he says he is extremely proud of.
