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.

January 01, 2013 by Nick Risinger

A Photographic Journey

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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