Starship Asterisk*

Stone, Sand, Stars, Spirals
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Ancient petroglyph created by Ancestral Puebloans in Southeastern Utah.

C/2020 F3 NEOWISE www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso All taken with Nikon D810a 28-300mm https://photos.smugmug.com/Night-sky-photography/i-zDCgNQd/0/f6fe338c/XL/C2020%20F3%20Stack%202%20Finished%201-XL.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Night-sky-photography/i-mHKgTxZ/0/560a5c52/XL/C2020%20F3%20...

Venus Reflected www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-WKFpg3W/0/4ade331a/XL/i-WKFpg3W-XL.jpg Venus, the Roman Goddess of love and beauty, is viewed within the outer arm of our Milky Way. Canis Major on the far left, Orion The Hunter, Perseus just right of Venu...

The Winter Sky www.ancientskys.com Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Night-sky-photography/i-LxxNQQD/0/553212e4/X2/Three%2BFinger%2BCanyon%2BMilky%2BWay%2BArch-X3.jpg The Winter Sky over Three Finger Canyon in the San Rafael Swell. Orion has set behind the sandstone walls and Pleiades is resting...

Light on the Edge https://www.ancientskys.com/ Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-gTKR8qS/0/00af3c8d/L/Comb%2BRidge%2BGranery%2BCropped-L.jpg Like most of the treasures of the Bears Ears National Monument, this Puebloan dwelling lies hidden. Secreted beneath...

Tetons, The Cathedral Group www.ancientskys.com www.marctoso.wordpress.com/ Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Night-sky-photography/i-Zm4vGJg/0/6bb9cccd/XL/string%2Blake%2BPano-XL.jpg Watching the sunlight dissipate the twilight deepened into blue sky when two meteors flashed over the...

Kiva Milky Way www.ancientskys.com Copyright:Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-M5WDPHN/0/ffe8586f/L/Three%20Kiva%20Milky%20Way-L.jpg One thousand year old Kiva, subterranean ceremonial space for Puebloan Native Americans, in southern Utah on the edge of the original b...

WaterGlyph http://www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-486WmKL/0/c68554d4/L/Waterglyph%20milky%20way-L.jpg This past weekend I visited this petroglyph, known as a waterglyph, along the Utah/Arizona border. Some theories says these were navi...

Stone Maps http://www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-zPCM6jW/0/9e496f3c/L/Mesa%20Spirals-L.jpg Spirals and a map pecked into stone one thousand years ago by the Ancestral Puebloan Native Americans, reflecting the perspective of the spinni...

Ancient Memories Across a Landscape http://www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-CmHHRpK/0/5c8a89f8/XL/Photo%20seven%20copy2-XL.jpg This is an ancient petroglyph called a waterglyph, found along the Utah/Arizona border. They may be sacred si...

Light Under the Stone http://www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-8CRmtCq/0/ab7129e5/X2/Caprock-X2.jpg Caprock-X2[1].jpg Hundreds of Native American ruins and endless quantities of rock art lie within the new Bears Ears National Monument in...

Perfect Night http://www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-539VFRT/0/a73769ba/XL/Perfect%20Night%20color-XL.jpg Description Perfect Night The Perfect Kiva in Bullet Canyon, a tributary of the Grand Gulch. This is an amazing area within the n...

Circles and Spirals http://www.ancientskys.com http://www.fb.com/AncientSkys Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-M6CWzQS/0/L/Circles%20and%20Spirals-L.jpg Star Trails in symmetry with a spiral petroglyph pecked into a 800 year old wall in Mesa Verde National ...

Ceremonies on the Edge http://www.ancientskys.com http://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys/ Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-g54MVzX/0/XL/Chaco%20outlier219-XL.jpg This past week I had the opportunity to explore some Chacoan structures outside of the Chaco Cult...

Ancestral Shrine www.ancientskys.com www.facebook.com/AncientSkys Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-qPtx6zz/0/L/Spirit%20Bird%20Cave-L.jpg This is a ~1000 years old Ancestral Pueblo ruin in southern Utah (near Blanding Utah) with the core of the Milky Way. ...

Ursa Major Reflected http://www.ancientskys.com http://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys/ Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Night-sky-photography/i-PVsGdmL/0/X3/Bonneville%20Big%20Dipper2-X3.jpg Ursa Major reflected on the salt water of the Bonneville Salt Flats. The constellation affect w...

Old Light New Light http://www.ancientskys.com https://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys Copyright: Marc Toso https://photos.smugmug.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-Kw6v8F3/0/L/Little%20black%20mountain2-L.jpg Here's a photo taken along the Utah/Arizona border at a place call Little Black Mountain Petro...

Footprint on the Path
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Hidden Art
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This is a panoramic photography of rock art in Utah and the milky way.

Tower
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Copyright: Marc Toso One thousand year old Anasazi Tower found in southeast Utah under the Milky Way

Anasazi Tower http://www.ancientskys.com Copyright: Marc Toso An ancient Anasazi tower found in the canyons of southern Utah. This is two shots blended together. One shot for the milky way and another for the ruin/foreground. The long exposure for the foreground is ~10minutes long. http://www.ancie...

Night Fort http://www.ancientskys.com https://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys Copyright: Marc Toso http://www.ancientskys.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-TxQhCQj/0/XL/indian%20fort%202%20noise%20reduction-XL.jpg Ancient Native American structure just outside of Moab, Utah. Note Ursa Major to the right...

The Guardian http://www.ancientskys.com https://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys Copyright: Marc Toso http://www.ancientskys.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-PdrgqxV/0/XL/indian%20fort%20color%20balance-XL.jpg Ancient circular structure just outside of Moab Utah. This photo was taken in early November, ...

Celestial Shield http://www.ancientskys.com https://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys Copyright: Marc Toso http://www.ancientskys.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-5tWBrf6/0/L/ute%20shield-L.jpg This rock art panel represents the conflict of the Posey War. This was the last armed conflict of Utes and Paiu...

Night Hunt http://www.ancientskys.com https://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys Copyright: Marc Toso http://www.ancientskys.com/Anasazi-ruins-photography/i-RTz8W8R/0/L/Great%20Hunt%20B%26W%202-L.jpg Night photography of the Great Hunt Panel in Nine Mile Canyon. This is a Fremont petroglyph estimated to ...