Michelle Gapes, Under the darkest skies (LANDSCAPE 2022)

With so many places now affected by light pollution, it takes an outback trek to find the darkest skies for astrophotography. Tibooburra, at one of the furthest reaches of New South Wales, offers a combination of one of the best town signs and some truly amazing dark skies to photograph it with.

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