Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Chuck Davis
Monday, November 10, 2025
Capturing images of the Milky Way was the highlight of my recent stay at the Granite Mountain Fire Lookout. Astrophotography requires long exposures, and it is vital for the camera to remain still. This requirement reminded me of the song that the Sons of Korah wrote: “Be still, and know that I am God…” (Psalm 46:10 KJV).
While the camera was doing its four-minute thing, I lay back to take in the majesty of God’s creative power.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day (Genesis 1:14-19 KJV).
For those who are encumbered by light pollution, I hope that sometime this week you find a dark location to view the stars. Some place where you can be still and know that He is God.