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The Legacy Club

Night Skies

A crystal-clear block of ice is reflected in the foreground, and a shockingly vibrant aurora borealis fills the sky in the background.

Celebrate the autumnal equinox and the longer nights it brings with this stunning collection of night skies photography.

September 16, 2025

Night magic A night spectacle of aurora borealis in Iceland. © Mateusz Piesiak/TNC Photo Contest 2021

SLIDESHOW

Arches by Night Milky Way over Arches National Park, Moab, UT. © Nathan Dolin-Auberin /TNC Photo Contest 2019
Dancing Sky An amazing Aurora Borealis dances above in the sky. © Marcos Sobral/TNC Photo Contest 2022
Northern Lights A person holds a light ball to illuminate the snowy trees under the northern lights in Northwest Territories, Canada. © Stanley Aryanto/TNC Photo Contest 2019
Washington Skies Mount Rainer, as viewed from the north © Evan Eremita
Heavenly Fire The northern lights, photographed at the White Mountains recreation area about 2.5 hours northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. © Dominique Braud/TNC Photo Contest 2022
Super moon Viewed from Virginia's Eastern Shore, December 2017. © Jennifer Davis/TNC
Starry Night The night sky above Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park dazzles when viewed from Medano Creek. © Nick Hall
Aurora Borealis Northern Lights; South shore of Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada © Nelson Lutz/TNC Photo Contest 2019
Walakiri Mangrove Dance Mangrove trees on Indonesia's Walakiri beach against the night sky © Ismail Abd. muttalib/TNC Photo Contest 2021
Nighttime sets in on a grassy landscape, with dry golden grasses in the foreground, low mountains in the background, and wispy clouds in the dark sky overhead.
Under the Night Sky Black Mesa State Park and Nature Preserve is one of only a few dark sky parks in Oklahoma. © Going West Productions
A very still lake at night, surrounded by pine trees, reflects stars and the Milky Way galaxy from above.
Clear Lake, Oregon Cascades This lake, fed by natural springs and snow melt from nearby Mt Washington, is very still at night and acts like a mirror, reflecting starlight back at the camera. © Joe Marfia/TNC Photo Contest 2019
The sun's glow is just visible above a silhouetted landscape, with a dark, sky-filled sky above.
Starry night Starry sky seen from the Davis Mountains in Fort Davis, Texas. © Jerod Foster
Water cascades down a steep rocky cliff at night, while stars appear to burst overhead like a firework, thanks to detailed photography work.
Shelving Rock Falls Long exposures, a flashlight, and multiple photos were used to create this image. © Vincent Otto/TNC Photo Contest 2019
The sun sets over dark, calm waters, while clouds float in the darkening sky overhead.
Horseshoe Harbor The sun sets over Lake Superior at the Mary Macdonald Preserve at Horseshoe Harbor. © Richard Baumer
A still pool of water on a snowy night reflects a vibrant aurora borealis and stars from overhead.
Northern lights A starry sky in Canada © Dennis Wasonga/TNC Photo Contest 2022
A rocky shoreline, peppered with large boulders and smaller stones, with coniferous trees lining the shoreline in the background.
Gerstacker Preserve Carl A. Gerstacker Nature Preserve at Dudley Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. © Ron Leonetti