Darkling

Series 03

Perseid week, wheat country

Four nights in August under the Perseids, working between grain elevators, a country cemetery and a ridge called Lewis Peak. Green airglow most of the week, and on the last night something red above the horizon that may have been a sprite.

LocationNortheast Washington
MadeAugust 2026
FramesEight
DetailsFour, at full resolution
Airglow, the Milky Way, and a red candidate
Plate 01 · Airglow, the Milky Way, and a red candidateNortheast Washington
The same frame, namedPerseus at full resolutionThe sprite, measured
Plate 02 · The same frame, named · annotatedTwo regions open at full resolution
Grain elevator
Plate 03 · Grain elevator
Shadow on the elevator
Plate 04 · Shadow on the elevator
Cemetery, monochrome
Plate 05 · Cemetery, monochrome
Lit shed
Plate 06 · Lit shed
The house, and everything above it
Plate 07 · The house, and everything above itThe annotated plate, full screen
Perseid past the flagpole
Plate 08 · Perseid past the flagpole
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