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  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_192006.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) out during a night dive. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_191835.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253816
    echeng100306_0253816.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252915
    echeng100304_0252915.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253833
    echeng100306_0253833.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253811
    echeng100306_0253811.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252915
    echeng100304_0252915.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252304
    echeng100303_0252304.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252296
    echeng100303_0252296.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253811
    echeng100306_0253811.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) feeds after catching a fish in its tentacles (fish visible underneath skin). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253833
    echeng100306_0253833.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252912
    echeng100304_0252912.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252312
    echeng100303_0252312.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252293
    echeng100303_0252293.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) shows an interest in my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252912
    echeng100304_0252912.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252293
    echeng100303_0252293.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252304
    echeng100303_0252304.tif
  • Starry night octopus (Octopus luteus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252296
    echeng100303_0252296.tif
  • A blue ring octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) swims at night. Note that this animal swam of its own accord -- I did not prod. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252778
    echeng100304_0252778.tif
  • Ferdinand Wolf takes pictures at night in Iceland
    echeng150203_211226.tif
  • Art installation at night. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_015336.tif
  • Kalliope rocks all night long (from behind). Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_014747.tif
  • Embrace, at night. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_012917.tif
  • A common egg cowrie (Ovula ovum) feeding on a leather coral at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_201550.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) hunts in the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_195107.tif
  • A carpet sole (Liachirus melanospilus) creeps along the sand during a night dive. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_194945.tif
  • An octopus hides in the sand at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253684
    echeng100306_0253684.tif
  • Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252775
    echeng100304_0252775.tif
  • Starry night sky with faint northern lights. Fairbanks, Alaska.
    echeng120322_024612.tif
  • Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252775
    echeng100304_0252775.tif
  • Man burn night, viking party at Kalliope.
    echeng140830_203447.tif
  • Embrace, at night. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_011548.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) hunts in the sand at night. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_195032.tif
  • A bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) stalls in the mid-water on a night dive at Torpedo Alley, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140209_201758.tif
  • A starry night octopus (Octopus luteus) walks along the muck. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101111_0269252.tif
  • A fingered dragonet (Dactylopus dactylopus) at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253826
    echeng100306_0253826.tif
  • A spotted porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) filters food at night in a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni), while a panda anemonefish (Amphiprion polymus) watches. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253777
    echeng100306_0253777.tif
  • An octopus hides in the sand at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253684
    echeng100306_0253684.tif
  • Razorfish at night (Aeoliscus strigatus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252766
    echeng100304_0252766.tif
  • Embrace, at night. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_011252.tif
  • An alien tube-dwelling anemone at night with a commensal crab. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100308_0254236
    echeng100308_0254236.tif
  • On Aug 14, 2020, I stopped in Davenport during a peaceful drive south in search of ocean bioluminescence. I didn't find any, but I did set up a tripod at the cliffs overlooking Davenport Pier. It was a strikingly-clear, moonless night--rare, for the coastline here in California. The Milky Way was a wide swath of dust splashing into the horizon.<br />
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This area, north of Santa Cruz, was evacuated on August 19, 2020, due to a massive, 0%-contained wildfire in Big Basin.
    echeng20200814 Davenport milky way s...tif
  • Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3). Sonoma, California. July 22, 2020.<br />
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Shot with Sony a7r IV, Sigma 105mm f/1.4 lens. 51 exposures from 22:06-22:36 (~30 min). 25 sec per exposure @ f/2.8, ISO 3200.
    echeng200722_neowise_stack2_stars_co...tif
  • A red tide in Monterey, California, showing its characteristic bioluminescent glow. Microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra emit a blue glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.<br />
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Shot with Sony a7r IV, 7 exposures, stitched into a panorama. 5 sec at f/2.0, ISO 3200, Zeiss Batis 25mm lens).
    echeng200815_015442-015948-7-images-...tif
  • Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco. Dawn, July 12, 2020. Shot from Portrero Hill. Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco. Dawn, July 12, 2020. Shot from Potrero Hill.
    echeng200712_044452.tif
  • Cliff Baise at Vines Without Borders camp. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_211859.tif
  • Striped catfish (Plotosus lineatus) filter the sand in a large school. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253746
    echeng100306_0253746.tif
  • A bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) extends out of its burrow in the sand. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_200056.tif
  • A bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) waits in ambush as an unknowning cardinalfish swims over it. We named this cardinalfish "Carl", the bobbit worm's new buddy. (Carl survived). Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_191734.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252358
    echeng100303_0252358.tif
  • Star-filled sky and a hint of northern lights behind the trees. Fairbanks, Alaska.
    echeng120322_004142.tif
  • Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3). Sonoma, California. July 22, 2020.<br />
<br />
Shot with Sony a7r IV, Sigma 105mm f/1.4 lens. 51 exposures from 22:06-22:36 (~30 min). 25 sec per exposure @ f/2.8, ISO 3200.<br />
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Processed using DeepSkyStacker. Separate stacks for comet and stars, composited together (since the comet moves in relation to the stars, over time).
    echeng200722_neowise_stack2_stars_co...tif
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  • echeng160120_202056.tif
  • Cinematographer Valdimar Leifsson's bumper fell off of his car while driving the harsh, unpaved roads leading to the Holuhraun volcano eruption. Bardarbunga volcanic system, Iceland.
    echeng140921_015603.tif
  • Burners head to the man burn in a dust storm. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140830_205003.tif
  • Vines Without Borders camp, viewed from the death trap of a structure across the street from us. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_205914.tif
  • 3-masted ship art car. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_013821.tif
  • Art car in dust. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140828_010159.tif
  • LOVE. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140827_234724.tif
  • LOVE. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140827_234425.tif
  • LOVE. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140827_234321.tif
  • Nexicon Portal, one of my favorite art installations. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140827_233537.tif
  • Robot thingy. Fire comes from its hands. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140827_232516.tif
  • The Man and souks. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140827_201831.tif
  • Vines Without Borders at 4:45 & Darjeeling. Burning Man 2014
    echeng140826_231726.tif
  • Fire dancers with flaming monkey thing. Burning Man 2014
    echeng140825_234745.tif
  • Panda anemonefish (Amphiprion polymus) and eggs on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252532
    echeng100304_0252532.tif
  • A bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) waits, ready to ambush prey from its burrow in the sand. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_192352.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252362
    echeng100303_0252362.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252354
    echeng100303_0252354.tif
  • The aurora borealis (northern lights) just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. March 22, 2012.
    echeng120323_175743.tif
  • The aurora borealis (northern lights) just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. March 22, 2012.
    echeng120323_010657.tif
  • Northern lights. Fairbanks, Alaksa.
    echeng120323_003507.tif
  • Photographer Julian Cohen braves the cold to photograph the northern lights in Fairbanks, Alaska.
    echeng120322_015842.tif
  • The northern lights (aurora borealis) in Fairbanks, Alaska.
    echeng120322_014455.tif
  • Northern lights (aurora borealis) at Chatanika Peak, just north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
    echeng120321_001910.tif
  • Northern lights (aurora borealis) just north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
    echeng120321_001218.tif
  • Flashlight fish (Anomalopidae) stream by the hundreds out of a hatch on a shipwreck in Papua New Guinea. Image constructed from over 5,000 still frames exported from a low-light video taken with a Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR.
    ECHENG Flashlight fish in PNG, backg...tif
  • Closeup of a bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) a venomous, fanged creature from your nightmares. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0254097
    echeng100307_0254097.tif
  • Whitespace waspfish (Richardsonichthys leucogaster). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253702
    echeng100306_0253702.tif
  • Whitespace waspfish (Richardsonichthys leucogaster). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253697
    echeng100306_0253697.tif
  • Bobbit worm: a fanged nightmare that lives in the sand (Eunice aphroditois). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252965
    echeng100304_0252965.tif
  • Red-gilled nembrotha nudibranch (Nembrotha rutilans) feeding while resting on a sea pearl (Ventricaria ventricosa). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252643
    echeng100304_0252643.tif
  • Bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252593
    echeng100304_0252593.tif
  • A stargazer (Uranoscopus chinensis) lies in ambush, waiting for passing fish. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252273
    echeng100303_0252273.tif
  • Tiger shrimp (Palaemon pacificus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252222
    echeng100303_0252222.tif
  • Glowing blue bioluminescence at the beach in Monterey, California. The "red tide" and its associated blue glow is caused by microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra, which emit the glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.
    echeng200815_012209.tif
  • Glowing blue bioluminescence at the beach in Monterey, California. The "red tide" and its associated blue glow is caused by microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra, which emit the glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.
    echeng200815_010324.tif
  • Glowing blue bioluminescence at the beach in Monterey, California. The "red tide" and its associated blue glow is caused by microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra, which emit the glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.
    echeng200815_003037.tif
  • Glowing blue bioluminescence at the beach in Monterey, California. The "red tide" and its associated blue glow is caused by microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra, which emit the glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.
    echeng200815_001534.tif
  • Self-portrait of the photographer. Glowing blue bioluminescence at the beach in Monterey, California. The "red tide" and its associated blue glow is caused by microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra, which emit the glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.
    echeng200815_012440.tif
  • Glowing blue bioluminescence at the beach in Monterey, California. The "red tide" and its associated blue glow is caused by microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra, which emit the glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.
    echeng200815_015629.tif
  • Glowing blue bioluminescence at the beach in Monterey, California. The "red tide" and its associated blue glow is caused by microscopic dinoflagellates (phytoplankton) called Lingulodinium polyedra, which emit the glow when disturbed (e.g., from ocean waves on the beach). August 14, 2020.
    echeng200815_015256.tif
  • Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco. Dawn, July 12, 2020. Shot from Portrero Hill with a Sony a7r IV, Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 100mm (vertical). 1 sec, f/5.6, ISO 3200. Stitched panorama from 8 images.
    echeng200712_043914-Pano-Edit.tif
  • Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco. Dawn, July 12, 2020. Shot from Portrero Hill. Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco. Dawn, July 12, 2020. Shot from Potrero Hill.
    echeng200712_041957.tif
  • Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco. Dawn, July 12, 2020. Shot from Portrero Hill. Comet NEOWISE over San Francisco. Dawn, July 12, 2020. Shot from Potrero Hill.
    echeng200712_045400.tif
  • Elizabeth poses with the northern lights
    echeng150203_211122.tif
  • A DJI Phantom 2 flying near the Holuhraun volcano eruption, Bardarbunga volcanic system, Iceland.
    echeng140920_203329.tif
  • A picture of my FPV display during aerial capture of the man burn at Burning Man 2014. DJI Phantom 2, GoPro HERO 3+ Black, DJI Lightbridge. Burning Man 2014.
    echeng140830_095313A.tif
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