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Back at the #GravityDiscoveryCentre , @leece picked up this lady to save her from getting stepped on on a pathway.

Convincing her that a bush was a better place than Leece's hat was something of a challenge!

Pixel 6a 1/2128 f/1.7 ISO48.

#InsectsOfAustralia #WesternAustralia #Gingin #preyingMantis #photography #wildlife

After departing the Gravity Discovery Centre, we went back the Gingin Roadhouse, where we had a motel room booked. Just across the road is a small layover area, so we took the car across with our DwarfII telescopes, and played the "how long can we shoot before the clouds roll in" game.

Why did we take the car all over 50 metres down the road? So that we'd have somewhere warm to sit while the telescopes did their thing.

I shot two targets - NGC300 aka Caldwell 70 or the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC55 (Caldwell 72) or the String of Pearls Galaxy.

I only managed 180ish frames before the clouds rolled over us, but I am very happy with both results.

I also put the Theta on the roof of the car...

#DwarfII #astronomy #astrophotography #Astrodon #Snapseed #gingin #NGC300 #NGC55

I also took my Theta S photosphere camera with me, which gave the opportunity for some amazing wide angle astroscapes. Here is one from in front of the centre, with their radio telescope in the foreground and Weitj (the Emu) in the background.

#Theta360 #ThetaS #astronomy #Astrodon #Astroscape #astrophotography #GravityDiscoveryCentre #gingin

One of the can camera solargraphs. Very heavily water and ant damaged, but startlingly beautiful nevertheless.

#Solargraph #Solargraphy #CanCamera #Snapseed #astronomy #Astrodon #astrophotography #GravityDiscoveryCentre #gingin

This is one of the Puck images, with the Giant Pendulum in the foreground and the Leaning Tower behind.

Postprocessed in Snapseed.

#Solargraph #solargraphy #SolarcanPuck #Astrodon #astrophotography #photography #snapseed #GravityDiscoveryCentre #gingin