Gold in Nature/Astrophotography / 2025 / Nature / Astrophotography

• Prize
  Gold in Nature/Astrophotography
• Photographer
  Daniel Mickleson, New Zealand

After a lot of searching I was able to locate this special location on google maps, it fell on private land. After some phone calls and asking around we were able to obtain permission to visit the falls and image them. With a safety plan in pace we scaled the steep banks with sheer cliffs to the rocky shoreline below to capture this stunning image. An Adventure to remember. For me the milkyway appears like a river flowing from the depths of space and down the water fall with the crashing waves below in white looking like the stars spilling out into the ocean.