Astrophotographer Captures ‘Alien Throne’ Rock With Unbelievable Milky Way Backdrop in New Mexico Desert

Astrophotographer Captures ‘Alien Throne’ Rock With Unbelievable Milky Way Backdrop in New Mexico Desert
Courtesy of Marcin Zając and @mrcnzajac
Michael Wing
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While many saw COVID-19 as a source of fear and anxiety—with its mandates and masks, vaccines, quarantines, and tests—last year, one California nature and astronomy photographer saw the virus as an opportunity to escape into the desertand take stunning shots of sandstone formations in New Mexico set against a vast celestial Milky Way backdrop.

“With the pandemic in full swing, it was the perfect time to drive to a remote desert and camp away from civilization for a few days,” software engineer Marcin Zajac, 33, told The Epoch Times. “The landscape here looks otherworldly, especially once the sun sets and the stars appear,” Marcin added, speaking of a unique hoodoo outcropping known as the “Alien Throne,” which he captured in the state’s north-westerly Valley of Dreams.

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