https://www.markchenphotography.com/blog-of-my-journeys daily 0.75 2025-02-04 https://www.markchenphotography.com/blog-of-my-journeys/through-the-event-horizon monthly 0.5 2024-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/b7f49756-326a-4d76-ba6a-a9bcbeb46bd4/PXL_20240806_014010398.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out The initial descent on Bright Angel Trail; the entrance to my office for the next 4 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ef66866d-1de4-4095-9428-73472a96c612/B1001798_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out Arp 237 on 280 million-year-old Coconino Sandstone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/3430d2d9-9373-4495-b599-5b46d558b18d/PXL_20240806_150117655.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out At the Great Unconformity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/30d2cdfc-cae5-4e02-950f-cf5213da14bb/B1001939-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out Bright Angel Bridge Haunted by The Ghost of Diplocaulus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/fcd2aba0-7bf2-4e64-98ba-05f6620c482e/B1001936-1+copy+2.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out Sagittarius A*, Vishnu Schist and Bright Angel Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724273805271-SUNZ939OM151IEX1INAE/_O6A2499_1.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724273805136-AKOLU4IUEJFDY4Z5M1OF/_O6A2504.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/3111e994-2930-49a6-bed6-5f37898be5b2/PXL_20240808_154454106.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/eeae0196-2129-49e4-a7f8-13a05314200a/PXL_20240808_155158993.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out Left to right: Andrew, Eve, me and Michael https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724478404515-IQKCTYG2I64EMJV8LD22/PXL_20240803_042619360.RAW-01.COVER.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724478404398-D8I6C1G8WMS4PRRF1HK4/PXL_20240803_052715699.RAW-01.COVER.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724478405687-DZCJ02PRAHIWQKY8CZUJ/PXL_20240803_054543698.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/9cc59299-9800-4109-912c-aafe6ee65250/B1001874_Panorama-1-Recovered+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out MACS 0416 on Vishnu Schist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ec3faee9-b53c-41dd-b128-9bddb5f13157/Screenshot+2024-08-21+at+8.19.37+AM+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out The entire route. The round trip I made to and from Phantom Ranch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1ba97b98-0fdb-43bc-a982-d3f447c13a95/MACS0416.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out MACS 0416 Image credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/a1e025c1-871e-4ee7-a9b7-79754395f31f/Screenshot+2024-08-19+at+3.22.17+PM+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out Where Arp 237 on 280 million-year-old Coconino Sandstone was photographed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1f91888b-a4cd-493b-b5c6-7daa13aef9e0/PXL_20240806_224521046.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out Vishnu Schist@Phantom Ranch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6b90555c-c341-4316-a04a-4fe341392b31/PXL_20240806_024823957.MP.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon - Make it stand out The memorable 1.5 mile rest house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724476991123-3BDLF0PQM1GS2GGQUWO3/_O6A2655-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724476991097-FT5TC3I7UCURPZW571LA/_O6A2666-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724476992854-NZKLF5Z2DMHMO58CB7EH/_O6A2691-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724476992868-A2OTET5U6DZTQ4MOQJLI/B1001980-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1724476994160-HIK2MNFZWLI5WD1HPVCV/B1001995-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - On The Edge of The Event Horizon https://www.markchenphotography.com/blog-of-my-journeys/enlightened-by-dark monthly 0.5 2024-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/3cd81299-5d0c-4565-841c-e1e38428f500/IMG_20220510_194417.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Enlightened by Darkness - Make it stand out A formation with K-Pg boundary at Big Bend. My little shadow can be seen on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/3d0a7f8d-8108-4001-b516-b78c62d49ce6/Xiao_Long_Bao_at_Nanxiang_Mantou_Dian_1.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Enlightened by Darkness - Make it stand out Baozis. (Wiki Common) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/cfe03263-3a74-4149-acb1-e79de99e58ac/7O6A0151-1.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Enlightened by Darkness - Make it stand out Tribute to Elliott Erwitt at Bisti Badlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/402efb80-2e36-4f5f-a4b7-dbe0d07f67a1/_DSC4559-Enhanced.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Enlightened by Darkness - Make it stand out NGC 4038, 65 million light years away, on K-Pg boundary, 65 million years old. Big Bend National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/4f6d1fca-bb65-4f2b-936d-4dfa3c174e0b/IMG_20220510_200940.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Enlightened by Darkness - Make it stand out Cute fluffy clouds at the horizon now is a storm overhead an hour later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/f54ef39a-58ca-4f5a-9fd6-54028d699ebf/Screenshot+2024-06-29+at+3.54.15+PM+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Enlightened by Darkness - Make it stand out The Plan (Google Earth) https://www.markchenphotography.com/blog-of-my-journeys/pilgrimage-to-the-anthropocene monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/97600038-f0d7-41f5-a90f-e1127c12e1c7/_O6A1933-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out NGC 6960 and Oculus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/cfcda770-1b95-44ad-babd-e01e6478d329/_O6A1964.JPG Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Predjama Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/2bc0e071-803b-4655-b27a-d895602bfcf3/FB_IMG_1717945738315.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/56919a2e-c367-4b94-8d2d-b43311b1e2f9/_O6A1855.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/9afab942-d850-4ab8-9a68-cc1b516d958c/_O6A1840-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/cbc08ced-f449-44a6-ae72-8acb06fe8db9/_O6A1667-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Crinoids on Roman Arena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/0aae0bc8-e1c8-487a-93dc-58c563c55f02/IMG_20240526_203050_1.JPG Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Setting up PoPP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ed149d21-a49d-4828-99b7-6739d45ef3a6/M31+Andromeda-Enhanced.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out M31, Andromeda Galaxy by Hubble https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ea5f50ac-9d2d-4895-9ba8-22dca695e85b/_O6A2074-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/0983be2d-ac6a-4f3d-8c9b-db078528e24e/IMG_20240526_133934.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Prekmurska gibanica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/62c13ec3-eda1-42a4-a26f-05dc5a2ec374/IMG_20240526_201545.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Projector PoPP is on the left and the camera with a wireless trigger is on the right. Later on I moved the camera to a more forward view point, visible here to the right side of the castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/d2724da8-6474-45a9-ab99-214849a65617/_O6A1755_Panorama-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out The red roofs tiles of Dubrovnik are mostly bright and new, but some are faded and old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/2d1ef703-6ce2-4605-af0e-2757a485d10f/_O6A1526-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Earth is a spaceship; you and I are astronauts riding on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ad31fbc9-781f-457e-af82-4e480d333231/_O6A1345.JPG Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Bastei Bridge, a 200 years old structure nestled among Elbe Sandstone from the Cretaceous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/457901eb-f350-4ffd-a182-fc2affb3ac14/Local_Group_and_nearest_galaxies+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out A much further view of our neighborhood. Now the Milky Way is a speck in the middle. Within this “subdivision” we call Local Group, two “monster houses” stand: Milky Way and Andromeda. The latter has been my favorite galaxy to project. (Wiki Common) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6944d0ba-5282-4c2e-876e-6cb243ca3f1c/Screenshot+2024-06-07+at+9.27.12+AM+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out A 3D view of Bastei Bridge and its vicinity. The Bridge is on top of a hill 300 feet above Elbe river, where the ferry ride is. The new route took us to this side of the river, directly to the historic hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6c8f2715-cfbf-4551-9ae4-7ae9dcf38bf5/Screenshot+2024-06-11+at+4.57.56+PM+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Projecting from the view point on Fort Lovrijenac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/5815df05-f675-47af-a0ad-f72ffde1aabb/IMG_20240519_155844.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Touring the Pula arena without the being shepherded around by tour guides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6e8ee642-3c75-4c33-9e48-f0e3f4d112a8/_O6A1958-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out 1600 years old Diocletian's Palace, 1400 light years away M42, and tonight's party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/a5ad441a-3dae-4316-ae54-f8fc09ab8fcc/_O6A1687-1+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out Orion Nebula and the 2000 year old Roman arena in Pula, Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/00cbbcbb-2b29-4f07-bd39-84b0c90cc6cc/Milky+way+where+we+are+copy.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Pilgrimage to the Anthropocene - Make it stand out The red circle has a radius of 2,000 light years. It is still well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. This image is, of course, not a real photo. 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I chose to back out the same way. It’s not a good idea to explore an unfamiliar trail in the dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/5be733a4-7dd5-4ba1-acc0-cfae4495851c/7O6A0049-1.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Bisti Badlands Ain’t Bad - Make it stand out NGC 7098 and Stone Wings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6a2f8235-cac2-4983-b73f-71802b7c41a1/7O6A9991-1.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Bisti Badlands Ain’t Bad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/859ed2c7-bd06-4520-9373-19df6bcd6172/7O6A0075-1.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Bisti Badlands Ain’t Bad - Make it stand out Stone Wing, NGC 3314 and a Busy Sky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/dfe93381-41ea-4e36-ab24-155b3490116c/7O6A9982.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Bisti Badlands Ain’t Bad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/0f09c443-2e0a-4498-b9f3-343ddb38f373/Screen+Shot+2023-12-20+at+11.49.25+AM.png Blog of My Journeys - Bisti Badlands Ain’t Bad - Make it stand out So many attractions, so little time, according to AllTrails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/c153941d-f836-4126-afd1-0b294a12ac31/7O6A0151-1.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Bisti Badlands Ain’t Bad - Make it stand out Tribute to Elliott Erwitt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/f1057c22-103e-4756-84e6-d62957f0e44c/Screenshot_2023-12-20-16-34-01-52_4ef273e91829858b9f60d6bfc5c117c6.jpg Blog of My Journeys - Bisti Badlands Ain’t Bad - Make it stand out The green line indicates my recorded hiking route. 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The celestial and terrestrial oddities united through my projector. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/e0f5f1f6-949e-481c-846e-ce72f6ef1007/_D4_9038-Enhanced-1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The light of UGC 2885 on the Wingate Formation in Capitol Reef, both are over 200 millions old. NASA, ESA, and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville) Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/70efb635-3538-472c-b9f3-1388217e2745/_D4_8908-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The Carmel Sandstone that formed the Double Arch at Arches National Park and light of NGC 3314 took 150 million years to be with us today. NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama) Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/362d5254-fdee-4e86-b740-4365e7e4461d/_D4_9085-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The deities and animals carved by the Hisatsinom/Nengwoots on the sandstone walls of Capitol Reef and the light of Orion Nebula traveled over 1000 years, through time and space, to reach us today. Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6441842a-c6e4-4308-b10e-a651d23f43f3/_D4_9119-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The Chimney Rock formation at Capitol Reef was uplifted some 60 million years ago, when the light of NGC 1300 started its journey to us. NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/fb5dee3a-72cf-40a8-b305-77b488a1ab6c/_DSC4559-Enhanced.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Bands of K-Pg boundary marks the meteor strike, 65 million years ago at Yucatan Peninsula, which wiped out most of the dinosaurs. If there’s an advanced civilization in NGC 4038, 65 million light years away, that can observe Earth with a super telescope, they would see the drama of extinction unfold, right “now”. NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgement: B. Whitmore ( Space Telescope Science Institute) and James Long (ESA/Hubble). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/3f4320be-0577-4dd0-b590-af3a87a36690/_DSC4697-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The igneous rocks at Big Bend were formed when the light of M101 we see now was emitted. European Space Agency & NASA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/d2947330-644e-4a67-bd59-25eea8dc25f6/Untitled_Panorama1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Veil Nebula NGC 6960, remnant of a supernova, is 2100 light years away from us. Now its image is projected on the famed General Sherman—the world's largest tree, a sequoia, that spouted about the time NGC 6960 emitted the light we see today. NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/fa474be4-d184-40e9-8774-53980f2887ef/_DSC4901.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The famed Orion Nebula is the closest star-forming cloud to us, yet, its light still takes 1400 years to reach NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Meanwhile, White Sands’ gypsum sand dunes shaped, and reshaped. NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/c684a3e0-f0f5-484c-b2d9-f354d3d8591c/_DSC4951-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The light from the Milky Way's closest and largest neighbor took 2.5 million years to travel to earth, meanwhile, Carlsbad Cavern had formed through uplift movement, and was decorating itself with formations from mineral-rich water drips. NASA/JPL-Caltech Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/dac14db7-7cdb-453b-9496-43f68b62a8ae/_DSC4989-Enhanced_1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The shape and color of M101 we see today are over 20 million years old, the same age of Carlsbad Cavern since it was born from an uplifted ancient limestone. European Space Agency & NASA Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/4a6fe662-ff9f-470b-8c8b-5d36e6c4918f/978A0112-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light 115 millions years ago, an Acrocanthosaurus splashed through mud in pursuit of a herd of Apatosaurus. The light of galaxy NGC 3318 emitted at the same time reaches us today. Through time and space, and the lenses of my camera and projector, they meet at Glen Rose, Texas. ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, R. J. Foley Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/db64fcdf-6b8e-4af9-a683-17b6600ca063/C5D_0903-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Half Dome at Yosemite valley was carved out by glaciers of multiple "ice ages", when the polar cap extended to the Sierras. The globular star cluster Liller 1, projected on the trees through my projector, emitted the light we see today 30,000 years ago during our last glacial period. ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Ferraro Assisted by Gustavo Solorzano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/4a355538-e064-4913-9c6f-f6a617634e3a/C5D_1008-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The granite of El Capitan was formed plutonically 95 million years ago, about the time when the light of NGC 7098 started to travel to us. Credit: ESO Assisted by Gustavo Solorzano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ddabc7eb-b6f3-417d-a1ef-ce752d7e08d9/_DSC5198-Enhanced-1+for+viewing+and+print+2-3+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Pear Lake at Sequoia National Park was carved out by glacial movement some 2.5 million years ago, about the same time the light we see from Andromeda Galaxy, our Milky Way Galaxy’s neighbor, was emitted. NASA/JPL-Caltech https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ca912e92-bce6-4c99-9cf8-62ff14badbdc/C5D_0927-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light SMACS 0723 and Earth— When the 4.6 billion light years away cluster of thousands of galaxies emitted their light that we see today, Earth was born. This is the first James Webb image I've incorporated into Pilgrimage of Light. As stunning as it may be, I wish JWST do more within 4.6 billion light years in the future: further out there, I will find no match on this "young" planet of ours. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Assisted by Gustavo Solorzano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/c9ce6453-fa71-4adb-8123-d737446d6d87/_DSC5904-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light A cypress tree in a Louisianan swamp and Nebula M57, whose light took 2500 years to travel to Earth. Meanwhile, Mississippi River's deltaic evolution left behind swamps like this one. NASA, ESA, and C. Robert O’Dell (Vanderbilt University). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/19e4535a-bf12-4e85-a8b4-2d01b8e8bf1c/C5D_1174-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light NGC 6302, a nebula whose light started its journey to us when Mississippi Delta was here 3800 years ago. Today, it's a swamp overgrown with cypress trees. NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/d1542be8-46a9-499b-a79f-7aebcc9fb1ce/C5D_1523-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light NGC 6320 and Cypress Swamp in Lousiana. NASA, ESA and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/5437eeaf-4791-4d12-9b75-6f8efab1ffb1/C5D_1554-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The veil-like Cygnus Loop nebula may appear silky, but it's actually an aftermath of a violent supernova explosion which took place 20,000 years ago. It's distance to us is 2500 light years. When Mississippi river passed through different tributaries, its light we see today was still on the way. ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Blair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/49e7e8ee-1541-43a8-80f2-51f779be085d/_DSC6325-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light NGC 1232 and K-Pg boundary at Big Bend. From a civilization in that 60-million-light-year-away galaxy, an alien with a super telescope would "now" see the Earth being struck by a meteor and its subsequent global climate change wiping out the planet's residents—dinosaurs. Credit: ESO Assisted by Marcia Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/0100b5ff-ea7e-4d00-b698-6a7f9d14f43d/C5D_1668-1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light M51 and Cerro Castolon, both traveled 30 millions years through space and time to us, united last night for the first time under my projection. NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Assisted by Marcia Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/9a190b7d-86fd-4561-9b0c-13dcf848bd01/_DSC6494-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Between Old Faithful's periodic eruptions, Saturn's light reaches Earth in one and a half hour. NASA, ESA & L. Lamy Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/009d0d17-e960-4c2e-b02d-85d82acb72f6/_DSC6506-1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Liller 1 star cluster's light we see today started its journey 30,000 light years ago, when an ice age shaped Yellowstone's geothermal features like Morning Glory Pool. ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Ferraro Assisted by Olive Chen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/d6e2b108-3e78-4af3-a8dd-c70249b4875c/_DSC6877-Enhanced-1+sky+_DSC6851-Enhanced+flatten+for+merge_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light James Webb’s NGC 3324 and The South Rim— The cosmic cliffs of NGC 3324, portrayed by James Webb Space Telescope, is projected below Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Grand Canyon' 6000 feet of strata, carved out by The Colorado in the past 5 million years, span over 1.8 billion years of Earth's history. On top of it there is a stratum that is never mentioned by the geologists. It is the human stratum, seen here as the light from the Grand Canyon Village. All human activities are merely a thin membrane that haven't really registered much on Earth, and could vanish and leave little trace. NGC 3324 is a nursery for new born stars. The young stars emits strong radiation that "erodes" the interstellar gas, sculpting it into shapes of cliffs. It is a process of creation billions of times grander than Grand Canyon's. This should inform us our importance, or rather, the lack thereof, for this universe. Nebula image by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/7970fc45-2bfa-446b-a250-911c15e22b4a/C5D_2712-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Bright Angel, Cartwheel and Grand Canyon Village— The Bright Angel Shale, the formation I stood on while making this projection, also on the slope at the lower part of the galaxy, is the 500 million years old strata of Grand Canyon. Cartwheel galaxy, at 500 million light years away, sports two unusual rings, both products of galaxy collision. On the rim, you can see artificial lights trying to blend in as stars. On the right it is the cluster from Grand Canyon Village. In the center, the lone light is from Yavapai Geology Museum. Galaxy image by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/b18e1013-1edc-49fe-8ba4-abc865b494a2/C5D_2692-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The Colliding and The Missing— Arp-Madore 417-391, a pair of colliding galaxies 670 million light years away, can't be paired with any exposed strata at Grand Canyon. This is because of a geologic unconformity, when layers of sediments were eroded before newer sediments were deposited. Here at Grand Canyon it's called The Great Unconformity, in which over 200 million years of geologic history is missing. To pin point the unconformity, look to the upper part of the galaxy where the horizontally textured rock meets the rough and random looking rock below it. In a way, the oddities seem to be well matched. Galaxy image by ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, J. Dalcanton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6959fdf1-e80e-43a4-b114-8d7032c6c2e4/C5D_1944-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light NGC 6786, the larger galaxy on the right, is the aggressor that will eventually choke hold LEDA 62876, the smaller galaxy on the left. This intergalactic wrestling is not a live event, it took place 350 million years ago, when the Redwall limestone, on which I projected the galactic show, was about to form from sea creatures' shells. We, in our blink of a life time, are lucky to witness the extraterrestrial image arrived through the vast space and the oceanic formation uplifted and exposed as part of the Grand Canyon. Next to it is the bunk house of Havasupai Garden, where park ranger Kylie Cesar, technician Matt Snider and myself took shelter in harsh weather. The two kind folks assisted me in making this hardest projection I've ever attempted. The equipment, challenged by low temperature and rain, made the effort stomach-ulcer-worthy. Galactic image produced by NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/48466b44-f54b-4d10-8c99-5934541245e5/C5D_1727-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Arp 273, a pair of interacting galaxies 300 million light years away, juxtaposed below the 270 millions years old rim of Grand Canyon. Galaxy image by NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/8f8fd72b-e411-48ca-95f0-887dc03ff060/_DSC6851_Panorama_planet+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Hikers' headlight, Saturn, Jupiter and Grand Canyon Village— Hiking up the last 3 miles of Bright Angel Trail requires stamina, and about 1.5 hours, the amount of time for light to travel from Saturn to Earth. The last section of switchbacks are the most strenuous and takes about 45 minutes, while the light from Jupiter makes its dash to Earth. When you attempt the ascent, imaging that you you racing with lights that come from these two giant planets. Planet images by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/b111da1a-c84b-47d1-80f9-0c47f3ed570b/_DSC6851_galaxy_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Grand Canyon Village, NGC 1300 and Arp 273— 300 million-light-year away Arp 273’s light was emitted when the Supai Group formation it’s projected on was deposited, layer by layer. Where we call the Grand Canyon today wouldn’t be a Canyon if the land wasn’t uplifted due to tectonic movement, between 70 to 50 million years ago, when the light of NGC 1300 started its journey to us. Above these, sits Grand Canyon village, whose 100+ year history is merely a 1.5 hour movie in a person’s lifetime. Galaxy images by Galaxy image by NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/b1ea2e84-b27e-46f6-bfec-066985af3196/342031117_585176053718517_1679242067276678779_n.jpeg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Death Valley's Plio-Pleistocene deposits and Westerlund 2 star cluster. NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/4f607f80-433e-4833-ba6b-2d8dd9ba3de3/342501420_533635082285779_374817820461204870_n.jpeg Work - Pilgrimage of Light The marbles at Mosaic canyon were metamorphosed from dolomite formed Precambrian, when the light of ARP-Madore 417-391 started its journey to us. ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, J. Dalcanton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/e69a20bb-a6b0-4ab3-9ff6-301f6b31abe4/343112753_5949309605123054_1878359019019255894_n.jpeg Work - Pilgrimage of Light SMACS 0723's image, photographed in Infrared by James Webb Space Telescope, is projected on the marble in Death Valley's Mosaic Canyon. The rock is dated to precambrian, the oldest geological era of Earth. Each of the colorful smudges in is a distant galaxy as grand as our own Milky Way, each of them emitted the light we see today, 4.6 thousand million years ago, when Earth was born. The bright stars with 6 or more spikes are not ones of these distant galaxies; they are "nearby" stars in the foreground of SMACS 0723. They are, rather, a signature of JWST: the 6 spikes are caused by its hexagonal mirrors. Hubble's bright stars, on the other hand, has 4 spikes. NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ebd62577-5bf4-4686-8165-b3d1d947192b/7O6A0017-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light NGC 2336 on Bisti Badlands, 100 million light years away, and 100 million years old. ESA/Hubble & NASA, V. Antoniou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/465ae8be-8417-4f2d-838b-a38f4e356b61/7O6A0049-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light NGC 7098 under Stone Wings at Bisti Badlands. Credit: ESO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/a91ad803-989b-4133-a711-a30158724814/7O6A0075-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Stone Wings, NGC 3314 and a busy sky at Bisti Badlands. NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and W. Keel (University of Alabama) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/27957891-60bb-4f4a-b0b8-74530f313761/7O6A0115-1.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Pillars of Creations on Alien Throne at Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/072b021e-f4d8-46ee-9125-b584e77b0a3d/B1001798_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Arp 273 on Coconino Sandstone, below South Rim, Grand Canyon 8/4/2024 Hiking down hundreds of feet below the rim, one would reach the sheer cliff of Coconino Sandstone and travel 280 million year back in geologic time. Projected on it is Arp 273, a pair of tangling galaxies at 300 million light years away. Produced under residency at Grand Canyon Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/8c980f38-8d15-4612-a3ec-1a6b72a96fba/B1001874_Panorama-1-Recovered+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light MACS 0416 on Vishnu Schist 8/6/2024 Thousands of galaxies in MACS 0416, a galaxy cluster so far away, the light from it we see today started to travel to us when Earth was a newborn. Through my projection, they are littered on Vishnu Schist, the oldest rock at the very bottom of Grand Canyon. Coincidentally, the light from MACS 0416 traveled for ⅓ of the universe’ age, and Vishnu Schist is also as old as ⅓ of Earth’s age. Produced under residency at Grand Canyon Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6ced7c85-ecc1-4e9d-83b7-c1fb28191550/B1001936-Enhanced-SR-1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Black Hole Sagittarius A* and Bright Angel Bridge 8/7/2024 At the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a massive black hole Sagittarius A*. Event Horizon Telescope captured its photo, which is the 2nd black hole ever being observed. Bright Angel Bridge radiates from the center of the projected black hole, perfectly depicting the jet stream that would shoot out from the axis of a black hole when matters fall into the black hole and cross the point of no return. Produced under residency at Grand Canyon Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/301b2572-ced2-40b2-b934-f11334ff4ce8/_O6A2467-1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Rho Ophiuchi and Gorman Falls 7/21/2024 Most waterfalls are eroded away. This beautiful cascade in a Texas State Park, on the other hand, is a travertine, rapidly growing from mineral deposit. Projected on it is Rho Ophiuchi, a nursery that give births to stars. The duo not only share the power of birth and growth, the nebula’s willowy filaments and the waterfalls’ silky cascades make them a pair made in heaven. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/c1d0963d-e940-4e9b-98d7-124fd5e07d5c/491441155_18501043435047574_3974200792617753571_n.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light When the light from NGC 4535 started its journey 50 million ago, the igneous rock of Devil's Tower was formed from cooling magma. Now the light has arrived and the tower is shaped, they are united under my projector and camera for the first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/cc6a3a4e-df60-4b97-9d57-a75578998ec4/495570216_29821798567404359_527033741702027987_n.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light M87's core is a black hole. Here its red hot image reignites the cooled magma of Devil's Tower. When it glowed like this 50 million years ago, this black hole was emitting radiation to be captured by Event Horizon Telescope today. The harmonizing magnetic fields detected by EHT and the phonolite porphyry make them a pair made in heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/5718b12b-36d3-4bad-a0cb-10368740533a/491446919_18501490636047574_4657358472818653384_n.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light On the right is M104, Sombrero Galaxy, which came to Chris Jordan's mind when he learned that I was coming to Badlands National Park. He was right scientifically too: its look back time at 35 million years matches Brule formation's age. At 60 million light years away, NGC 1300 on the left, though, is not here to match with what's there, but to match with what's NOT there: strata between 37 to 67 millions years old were missing at Badlands NP in a geologic phenomenon called unconformity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/d2d3a56e-4400-4415-b247-7a2bf7d9837c/495209009_29831805019737047_3660040408288314362_n.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light Carina Nebula on Vulture Peak, Badlands National Park. This star nursery's space mountain scape is shaped from the erosion of baby's stars' strong radiation(sounds like parenting, doesn't it?). While its light travels for 7500 years to Earth, Vulture Peak's erosion from meteorological elements goes on. 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Stardust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/95c9b379-6eed-49dd-9d28-25c47be29e14/_DSC5730.jpg Work - Stardust https://www.markchenphotography.com/work/sackett-woodworking-kwrg5 monthly 0.5 2022-10-05 https://www.markchenphotography.com/work/pilgrimageoflightatgrandcanyon monthly 0.5 2023-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/b111da1a-c84b-47d1-80f9-0c47f3ed570b/_DSC6851_galaxy_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Village, NGC 1300 and Arp 273— 300 million-light-year away Arp 273’s light was emitted when the Supai Group formation it’s projected on was deposited, layer by layer. Where we call the Grand Canyon today wouldn’t be a Canyon if the land wasn’t uplifted due to tectonic movement, between 70 to 50 million years ago, when the light of NGC 1300 started its journey to us. Above these, sits Grand Canyon village, whose 100+ year history is merely a 1.5 hour movie in a person’s lifetime. Galaxy images by Galaxy image by NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/8f8fd72b-e411-48ca-95f0-887dc03ff060/_DSC6851_Panorama_planet+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Hikers' headlight, Saturn, Jupiter and Grand Canyon Village— Hiking up the last 3 miles of Bright Angel Trail requires stamina, and about 1.5 hours, the amount of time for light to travel from Saturn to Earth. The last section of switchbacks are the most strenuous and takes about 45 minutes, while the light from Jupiter makes its dash to Earth. When you attempt the ascent, imaging that you you racing with lights that come from these two giant planets. Planet images by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/c71fe87f-f40c-471c-aa9c-9ae32ce1e6e7/_DSC6877-Enhanced-1+sky+_DSC6851-Enhanced+flatten+for+merge_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon James Webb’s NGC 3324 and The South Rim— The light of NGC 3324 captured by James Webb Space Telescope was emitted 7600 years ago, when humans started to transition from the hunter-gatherer days to settlements. Above my 3000 feet wide projection of this nebula is Grand Canyon Village, a modern day human settlement that hosted my artist residency in the house at the very left of the township. Nebula image by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/48466b44-f54b-4d10-8c99-5934541245e5/C5D_1727-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Arp 273, a pair of interacting galaxies 300 million light years away, juxtaposed below the 270 millions years old rim of Grand Canyon. Galaxy image by NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/88654f22-6211-489e-bbd0-5c6ce4e87630/C5D_1776-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon 人生草尖露，世事風中塵； 微渺見天命，刹那亦永恆。 式千句筱瀾寫於洛城二零ㄧ三 Lives, brief as dewdrops on grass blade. All deeds, nothing but dust in the wind. See grandeurs of universe in minuscules. Comprehend eternity through a glimpse. Stanza by 陳式千 and calligraphy by Elaine Chen This is my tribute to my family, my Mom who did the calligraphy in Li script and passed away 2 years ago, my brother who wrote the stanza when he was a student of geology, and to my heritage, aptly produced at Chinese New Year, my year of rabbit. Assisted by Grand Canyon ranger Kylie Caesar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6959fdf1-e80e-43a4-b114-8d7032c6c2e4/C5D_1944-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon NGC 6786, the larger galaxy on the right, is the aggressor that will eventually choke hold LEDA 62876, the smaller galaxy on the left. This intergalactic wrestling is not a live event, it took place 350 million years ago, when the Redwall limestone, on which I projected the galactic show, was about to form from sea creatures' shells. We, in our blink of a life time, are lucky to witness the extraterrestrial image arrived through the vast space and the oceanic formation uplifted and exposed as part of the Grand Canyon. Next to it is the bunk house of Havasupai Garden, where park ranger Kylie Cesar, technician Matt Snider and myself took shelter in harsh weather. The two kind folks assisted me in making this hardest projection I've ever attempted. The equipment, challenged by low temperature and rain, made the effort stomach-ulcer-worthy. Galactic image produced by NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/1fe5b1c8-2920-4d51-ad65-46104a56c565/C5D_2127-HDR-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon The Pillar of Creation and the Watchtower. Nebula image by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/c0d6549e-f6cd-4e9a-8f8e-9faab1d2e54e/C5D_1967-Enhanced-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Before Grand Canyon was carved out by the Colorado River, it was uplifted by tectonic movement, during which the light of NGC 1300 we see today was emitted, some 60 million years ago. Arguably the most spectacular view in the park, the projection was made from the Watchtower overlooking the Desert View. Assisted by Dan Pawlak. Galaxy image by NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/d1c5806a-c583-4abb-ab57-840d7d2b5d32/C5D_2555_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Kolb Studio and Saturn— Kolb Studio, founded 1905 by Emery and Ellsworth Kolb, was a photo studio that focused on photographing the Canyon, it's visitors, and has produced documentaries about the brothers' adventure on the Colorado river. It is the only structure that appears below the rim here. Here's my tribute to my predecessors that shared with me fascination on Grand Canyon. Saturn image by NASA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/addbab2c-f980-41f7-86b9-e99eabd1a82b/C5D_2683-1_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Colorado River and Andromeda Galaxy on Grand Canyon's Vishnu Basement Rock— At the bottom of Grand Canyon, the Vishnu Basement Rock is 1.8 billion years old—over a third of Earth's age. This much of Earth's past wouldn't have been revealed if Colorado didn't carve deep during the past 6 million years. Halfway into Colorado River's slicing effort, Andromeda Galaxy's light captured by Hubble started to beam to us. Two nights ago, I beamed this image to unite the two long lost siblings. Galaxy image by NASA/JPL-Caltech https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/b18e1013-1edc-49fe-8ba4-abc865b494a2/C5D_2692-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon The Colliding and The Missing— Arp-Madore 417-391, a pair of colliding galaxies 670 million light years away, can't be paired with any exposed strata at Grand Canyon. This is because of a geologic unconformity, when layers of sediments were eroded before newer sediments were deposited. Here at Grand Canyon it's called The Great Unconformity, in which over 200 million years of geologic history is missing. To pin point the unconformity, look to the upper part of the galaxy where the horizontally textured rock meets the rough and random looking rock below it. In a way, the oddities seem to be well matched. Galaxy image by ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, J. Dalcanton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/7970fc45-2bfa-446b-a250-911c15e22b4a/C5D_2712-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Bright Angel, Cartwheel and Grand Canyon Village— The Bright Angel Shale, the formation I stood on while making this projection, also on the slope at the lower part of the galaxy, is the 500 million years old strata of Grand Canyon. Cartwheel galaxy, at 500 million light years away, sports two unusual rings, both products of galaxy collision. On the rim, you can see artificial lights trying to blend in as stars. On the right it is the cluster from Grand Canyon Village. In the center, the lone light is from Yavapai Geology Museum. Galaxy image by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6b44280a-a22e-4ec9-a118-975a69ef0704/C5D_2829-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Here is an illustration of where I've been photographing. The red line marks the last bit of Bright Angel Trail that led to Havasupai Garden. The bunkhouse where I stayed is visible at the tip of the arrow. I then hiked to the tip of the flat Bright Angel Shale, to Plateau Point, where I did the projection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/12c82cd8-dc24-4c2b-a99c-b9ca2108bae9/_DSC6763-1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon From the Watchtower, Dan and Emily looked on to NGC 6960, a memorial of a supernova. Nebula image by NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/d968799a-3f3f-410b-9938-a2b44cabcecc/_DSC6629-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Out of the window of my spaceship, there is Andromeda— This is the inception of the series Spaceship, in which I portray the astronauts and myself onboard Spaceship Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/22c4496d-000d-4c74-853d-2769e174a786/_DSC6842-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon El Tovar's lobby and star cluster Ruprecht 106, ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Dotter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/57cd56d3-d932-45aa-a82f-a1641b1e0bb1/_DSC6695-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Ranger Kylie and I chart our exploration. Orion Nebula image by NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/bffbbbf2-1873-4ae1-b20f-9fe6407bd9c3/GCC+presentation-015-Enhanced.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Some of these astronauts wandered from the far end of our spaceship to join me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/92ef007c-ff13-4942-85b1-38aa44d5a038/GCC+presentation+2-033.JPG Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon My fellow astronauts onboard Spaceship Earth. Saturn is our uninhabitable companion . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/fcbdd2d5-a39c-4d77-87f9-868811bd91ea/_DSC6916.JPG Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Thank you, fellow astronauts, for joining me on my reception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/15f9f4e1-4e1b-4af0-af14-cc1265819baf/_DSC6930.JPG Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Pillars of Creation and space wanderers at my reception https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/e574114f-3f3f-43c9-bda4-ed2806585f46/C5D_2830_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Grand Canyon gave me the best send off when this stunning view appeared at the dawn after the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/072b021e-f4d8-46ee-9125-b584e77b0a3d/B1001798_Panorama-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Arp 273 on Coconino Sandstone, below South Rim, Grand Canyon 8/4/2024 Hiking down hundreds of feet below the rim, one would reach the sheer cliff of Coconino Sandstone and travel 280 million year back in geologic time. Projected on it is Arp 273, a pair of tangling galaxies at 300 million light years away. Produced under residency at Grand Canyon Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/6ced7c85-ecc1-4e9d-83b7-c1fb28191550/B1001936-Enhanced-SR-1+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon Black Hole Sagittarius A* and Bright Angel Bridge 8/7/2024 At the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a massive black hole Sagittarius A*. Event Horizon Telescope captured its photo, which is the 2nd black hole ever being observed. Bright Angel Bridge radiates from the center of the projected black hole, perfectly depicting the jet stream that would shoot out from the axis of a black hole when matters fall into the black hole and cross the point of no return. Produced under residency at Grand Canyon Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/8c980f38-8d15-4612-a3ec-1a6b72a96fba/B1001874_Panorama-1-Recovered+copy.jpg Work - Pilgrimage of Light @ Grand Canyon MACS 0416 on Vishnu Schist 8/6/2024 Thousands of galaxies in MACS 0416, a galaxy cluster so far away, the light from it we see today started to travel to us when Earth was a newborn. Through my projection, they are littered on Vishnu Schist, the oldest rock at the very bottom of Grand Canyon. Coincidentally, the light from MACS 0416 traveled for ⅓ of the universe’ age, and Vishnu Schist is also as old as ⅓ of Earth’s age. Produced under residency at Grand Canyon Conservancy https://www.markchenphotography.com/work/spaceship monthly 0.5 2023-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/3a4c5f81-0adb-4d88-8852-f68c37e67985/_DSC6695-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Spaceship Ranger Kylie Caesar and I plot our explorations while basked in Orion Nebula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/42d25d8a-3440-4f90-8922-b03ea7aca532/_DSC6763-1+copy.jpg Work - Spaceship Dan and Emily admire the stunning supernova remnant NGC 6960 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/70facc12-a09a-4b20-9214-557ce755fd2a/_DSC6842-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Spaceship Visitors a El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon, were immersed in the glows of Ruprecht 106 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/ac39257c-9921-4b58-a003-d12b98694baf/_DSC6930.JPG Work - Spaceship Thank you, art aficionados, for coming to my reception, and thank you, Pillars of Creation, for enhancing the very essence of creation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/97d85c71-79c1-4b1d-a57e-257530d5a721/GCC+presentation-015-Enhanced.jpg Work - Spaceship Andromeda Galaxy were posing with my audience at presentation of Pilgrimage of Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/42e70cf0-1176-45cf-a509-9fe34eaa47a8/_DSC6969.JPG Work - Spaceship Olive practicing while our ship zoomed by M57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6334c341c8e4ca6235376853/e0e07a07-600c-458c-8e65-a7f924310eff/_DSC6997-1+copy+2.jpg Work - Spaceship Fellowship and Food, without which we can't survive traveling in the cold, lifeless space.