Photographer and astronomy enthusiast Alex Cherney captures the star-filled skies of his native Australia.
National Geographic is accepting submissions for its 2012 photo contest through November 30, but here are some early contenders that caught the eye of The Atlantic’s In Focus blog.
prologue:
give me a second
with your subconscious
and I’ll take ferris-wheel
heights to a new level,
make moonlight out of
a pool of stars in my
palms, and carve into
your sky like fireworks
long after america
goes to bed:
you can fall asleep
in the car on the
way home, but
give me a second
with your subconscious
Again,it is extremely bad to have tears running out before the moment i wake up. That feeling is too tough to say a word.

ll:
NASA just landed a rover on Mars. This JUST happened minutes ago. (relative to the time below)
1:42am EST 8/6/2012


