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Night

After dark across the South Downs and beyond.

Aurora, stars, and the quiet world hours after sunset.

These photographs are made in the dark — in cold fields, on ridgelines, waiting for light that arrives on its own terms.

Leith Hill tower beneath circular star trails, with the night sky rotating above the highest point in the south east.
Axis
A lone tree reflected in still water beneath a vivid red and green aurora, with mirrored colour stretching across the landscape and sky.
Dawn of the North
Arundel Castle beneath a vivid aurora, with green and purple light stretching across the sky and reflecting in the River Arun below.
Emerald Castle
A solitary tree beneath dense circular star trails, with concentric arcs radiating around the celestial pole above the landscape.
Juxtapose
Beachy Head Lighthouse beneath the Milky Way, viewed from the cliffs above with the galaxy rising vertically into a star-filled sky.
Excelsior
Sequence of the Sturgeon Moon rising behind Belle Tout Lighthouse at Beachy Head, with three positions of the moon aligned above the ridge.
Sturgeon Moon Over Belle Tout
A lone tree stands beneath a star-filled sky with Hiorne Tower in the distance, set against a quiet night in Arundel, West Sussex.
Night Watch
Hiorne Tower illuminated beneath a star-filled sky, with a crimson aurora glow spreading across the horizon behind the historic structure.
Crimson Keep
The Milky Way arching over the Coastguard Cottages at Cuckmere Haven, with the Seven Sisters cliffs visible beneath a star-filled sky.
Arcana
Brighton Palace Pier beneath a twilight sky with a partially eclipsed moon visible above the horizon.
In Earth's Shadow
A lone tree at Cissbury Ring beneath sweeping star trails circling the night sky, with light arcs radiating around the celestial pole.
Arbor Sub Astris
A lone tree reflected in still water beneath a vivid aurora, with bands of red, green and violet light radiating across the night sky.
Pulse of Light
A wooden boardwalk leading through dunes toward the sea beneath the Milky Way, with a dense star field stretching across the night sky.
Narum Noctis
A lone tree at Cissbury Ring beneath a vivid aurora borealis display, with pink, green and purple light spreading across the night sky above the South Downs.
Aurora Dream
Halnaker windmill beneath dense circular star trails, with concentric arcs centred above the structure.
Ventus
Ruins of Knepp Castle beneath tight circular star trails, with concentric arcs radiating around the celestial pole above the structure.
Crumbled
A full Sturgeon Moon rising above Holy Trinity Church in Bosham, with boats resting on calm water in the foreground.
Sturgeon Moon Over Bosham
Belle Tout Lighthouse illuminated beneath the Milky Way, with a dense star field stretching across the night sky above Beachy Head.
Accendo
Herstmonceux Castle reflected in still water beneath sweeping star trails, with circular arcs filling the night sky above the illuminated structure.
Grandeur
A large orange full moon rising over Brighton seafront with the i360 tower and city lights visible along the coastline.
Worm Moonrise Over Brighton
Bodiam Castle reflected in still water beneath sweeping star trails, with arcs curving around the sky above the illuminated fortress.
The Crow's Nest
Amberley Castle gate beneath concentric star trails, with circular arcs radiating around the celestial pole above the historic walls.
Barbican
A lone tree reflected in still water beneath a vivid aurora, with intense red, green and orange tones blending across the night sky.
Dreamweaver
Bodiam Castle surrounded by water beneath sweeping star trails, with arcs stretching across the sky above the illuminated fortress.
Curtains
A solitary tree beneath dense circular star trails on the South Downs, with concentric arcs radiating across the night sky.
Solus

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