20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
More Than Darkness

Africa’s many wild and untouched landscapes are a stunning sight, but when the sun goes down you get to experience a different and less obvious kind of beauty: Darkness. The lack of light pollution from human development opens up a window into our Milky Way and beyond that many people in more densely populated parts of the world have never been able to observe. The Quiver Tree Forest in Namibia is a place where beautiful one-of-a-kind earthly features and the magic of the stars come together.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Namibia
Camera: E-M1MarkIII
Copyright: © Florian Kriechbaumer