I'm Nick Risinger, a photographer and designer from Seattle, Washington. I'm honored to have my work recognized by the Advanced Imaging Conferencev and the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. You may have caught me on Wired, BBC Horizon, and Public Radio International’s The World. I am also the Co-Founder of Fifth Star Labs, makers of the iPhone and iPad app Sky Guide.
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The Photopic Sky Survey is now featured at the Museum of Flight's new Space Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Visitors to the exhibit can experience the world's largest Milky Way panorama, stretched 120 feet alongside NASA's Space Shuttle Trainer.
Image Courtesy: @GrahamBowes
Following my appearance on an episode of BBC Horizon, I was invited to speak at the European AstroFest in London. I had the pleasure of sharing with 700+ attendees the story behind the Photopic Sky Survey and also included a sneak preview of the sky in hydrogen alpha light.
In 2010 I changed careers. Or, rather, I replaced one with a pursuit of passion: capturing the heavens like never before. It was a photographic expedition of 60,000 miles and over 37,000 exposures collected from opposing ends of the Earth. The final mosaic photograph encompassed the entire sphere of celestial darkness, though in that darkness, I found light...
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