Out of this world pictures

Gordon Pollock of Keldon Photography specialises in images that the eyes cannot normally see - things that are too small (microscopy), things that are too far away (astrophotography) and things that are too quick (high speed photography).

I spent a weekend photographing Yosemite's El Capitan from many angles - Here's the Andromeda galaxy rising as El Cap's face is illuminated by a crescent moon [OC] [4000x6000]

📷 NGC 2170, Angel Nebula https://t.co/D41Q8yUyOT

The orion nebula region as captured from my backyard in Austin, Texas last Saturday night. I had been waiting for that perfect moonless night, free of clouds, but it just wasn't happening. The moon was 2/3 full and about 20 degrees away. I couldn't run very long exposures or high iso, but still I think this is my best effort so far. Still a work in progress, but getting there. Imaged with a CLS_CCD filtered canon 7D and 100-400mm lens at 400mm riding piggy back on Meade 8" LX200 classic…

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Here is an image from the Hubble Space Telescope showing the bright, blue-white stars of the open cluster BSDL 2757 penetrating through the rusty-red tones of gas and dust clouds.

The Great Andromeda #galaxy ✨

Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist !! • Astronomers have discovered the most massive neutron star to…