MJ Sharp / Disappearing Darkness
College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster Ohio
September 3 — December 6 2024

Lanyon Quoit / West Penwith, Cornwall UK / Neolithic and Bronze Age quoit / 2021 MJ Sharp

Gibbous moon rising behind Lanyon Quoit / 25 second exposure / October 2021

Cornwall Ancient Sites Protection Network page on Lanyon Quoit

The Megalithic Portal entry

 

Carn Gluze / West Penwith / Cornwall, UK / Neolithic and Bronze Age chambered cairn / 2022 MJ Sharp

45 second exposure after the crescent moon had set / early June, 2022

Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network

English Heritage Sites

The Megalithic Portal entry

 

Chun Quoit / West Penwith, Cornwall UK / Neolithic and Bronze Age chambered cairn / 2022 MJ Sharp

Chun Quoit illuminated by the full moon of February 2022, 8 second exposure

Cornwall Ancient Sites Protection Network page on Chun Quoit

The Megalithic Portal entry

 

Avebury Scene by the full moon of January / Avebury, England / 2022 MJ Sharp

An Avebury megalith lit by the full moon of January 2022, 8 second exposure

English Heritage Sites information page on Avebury

UNESCO video about Avebury

The Megalithic Portal entry about the Avebury complex

 

Avebury Road / Avebury, England / 2022 MJ Sharp

Avebury landscape lit by the full moon of January in 2022 with car topping the hill / 4 second exposure

English Heritage Sites information page on Avebury

UNESCO video about Avebury

The Megalithic Portal entry on the Avebury complex

 

Trethevy Quoit / near Bodmin Moor / Cornwall, UK / 2021 MJ Sharp

3 minute full moon exposure in December 2021

Cornwall Heritage Trust information page on Trethevy Quoit

The Megalithic Portal entry

 

 

Satellite Trail against the Milky Way / West Penwith, Cornwall UK / 2022 MJ Sharp

13 second exposure

International Astronomical Union's light pollution site

Dark Sky International

Searchable map of light pollution

 

More about the Disappearing Darkness Project www.mjsharp.com