I drove across the Simpson Desert in Central Australia. 600km of absolutely nothing. No buildings, no water, just two sandy tire tracks through the desert [1].

I drove across the Simpson Desert in Central Australia. 600km of absolutely nothing. No buildings, no water, just two sandy tire tracks through the desert [1]. The stars were utterly breathtaking, the milky way was so bright it kept me awake at night in my swag (ground tent). I took this photo as a single 8s exposure on just a sony A7iii [2]. Then a few months later I drove the Canning Stock Route, the world's most remote road [3]. In 1,050 miles over 10 days I never saw another vehicle or person on the track. I went into one aboriginal community to buy gas, it was the only "lightbulb" I saw in ten days. I have not really looked it up, but I suspect I was about as far from a lightbulb as you can drive to on planet earth, and the stars every night were utterly incredible. I stayed up way later than I should have night after night trying to take it all in. The Canning is in Western Australia, a state that is approaching twice as big as Alaska.[4] Dark skies are awesome! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJKXDdrvcI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJKXDdrvcI [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CersLuLBfCz/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CersLuLBfCz/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UR6agkRbT4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UR6agkRbT4 [4] http://www.comparea.org/AU_WA+US_AK http://www.comparea.org/AU_WA+US_AK