Roger Groom

A broken ankle and a Valley of Stars

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A couple of weekends ago I enjoyed making the most of my local surroundings, taking a long awaited trip to a nearby vantage point for some astrophotography of the Milky Way. I captured a few nice images, of which this, titled Valley of Stars, is probably the best: Unfortunately though,…
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Solar Eclipse Video

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Check out my new video on Vimeo, it is of the solar eclipse experienced on the 10th May 2013. The eclipse was a partial solar eclipse as viewed from my location in Perth, even though up north at Newman it was an Annular solar eclipse. 10th May Partial Solar Eclipse…
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James Price Point

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While up at Broome recently I drove to and flew over James Price Point, the once-proposed site of a gas processing facility, a very controversial proposal. I found it very interesting to see this site first hand, and to photograph it as a Landscape Photographer first hand. See my photographs…
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A tour around the Dampier Peninsula

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This weekend of 28th April 2013 I spent a great weekend in Broome, Western Australia. A highlight of the trip was a full day tour around the Dampier Peninsula with Kimberley Aviation to see the Horizontal Waterfalls, Cape Leveque, Cygnet Bay, tidal flows, etc. The photo opportunities were plentiful and I now…
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I’m on Vimeo!

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It is probably not immediately obvious by looking at the content of my website, so I'll put it here: I'm on Vimeo! My Vimeo feed includes various astrophotograhpy timelapse videos. The most recent video is the Occultation of Jupiter by The Moon: Jupiter and Moon Occultation 18th Feb 2013 from…
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Chasing Aurora at Albany

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Last weekend was great fun - went travelling down to Albany and stayed overnight Saturday in hope of capturing some Aurora! There was no aurora but it's always so great getting to see the south coast again. Such nice weather and spectacular scenery, particularly on this occasion. During the night…
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