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10 Stunning Photos of Earth and Starry Night Skies

Photographer Brad Goldpaint captures luminous images of our world and space
Related: Earth, Space

By SKYE Editors Mar 12, 2013

  • Brad Goldpaint
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    Labyrinth.

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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     Distant Acquaintance

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    Wandering Light

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    Amplitudes of Time

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    A River's Keepsake

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    Ambitious Dreams

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    River of Light

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    Beyond the Rim

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    Rising Bachelor

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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    Sibling Rivalry

    Pacific Northwest, U.S.

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rfirefly

Its amazing how this looks just like Starry Night by Van Gogh. I don't think they were able to take these kinds of pictures in his day - and if they did, I can't imagine Vincent having access to them. In the play about art history which I've written and am now producing, we are trying to recreate the way Van Gogh made the rings around the stars. How did he know that's what they'd look like from an open stationary lens? so cool.

April 15 2013 at 12:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Anne

Take a good look at each picture again and you will see the EXACT same background in a few of them....it looks like starry sky has some clouds to the right that are in the form of a man looking upward.
THESE ARE FAKE, FAKE, FAKE...Too bad... Actually God's real starry sky is even more beautiful than these. :)

April 12 2013 at 1:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Beverly

Remember there are NO IMAGES that are not retouched or manipulated in some way, today. So, please do not believe everything as true images or pictures. Photographers are competitive just like most companies and to sell an image to the public, it has to be manipulated in order to grab the viewer's attention for creating a better and more of an eye-catching display that another photographer's work.
These images are done through the use of Adobe Photoshop, just do not be fooled in thinking what you are seeing is the real thing because believe me, IT IS NOT.

March 27 2013 at 12:46 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
NachosAtm

my bad I thought the comments were about ONE specific pic. Anyways I was referring to the one spiral looking one

March 22 2013 at 2:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
NachosAtm

Pssshh. I don't believe this one. Looks like God is about to warp us out of here in this pic. But no no, I think it's like. One of those "Really awesome" art works or something. If this is a real photograph. Then this is truly mesmerizing.

March 22 2013 at 2:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Elizabeth

These photos capture the beauty of GOD"s creations.

March 18 2013 at 12:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
njguy924

i know dat boy mussa been smokin sum serious dingleberry herb when he was takin dose pics

March 17 2013 at 9:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
golemur

It's too bad so many people are afraid of the dark. The result is all the light pollution and wasted energy at night. It would be nice to see stars again. Nice pictures. I wish I could see it in person.

March 17 2013 at 8:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Larry Totten

Great photos of earth.

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