"Tybee Pier Blackout" was photographed in May 2017 during a rare scheduled and announced power outage on Tybee Island, GA.

There are several things that need to fall in line for good astro photography, namely a new moon cycle so that moon light is not interfering, a dark location so that city lights are not interfering, and a clear night so that no clouds are interfering. Through all three of those into alignment with three more things (good photography knowledge, good photography skills, and good photography equipment) and you have good astro photography. That makes six things needed for good astro photography. Now, how about a scheduled and announced power outage at 2AM for the entire city of Tybee Island, GA? How lucky can one get?

So, with all things in alignment to the best of our ability and a scheduled power outage (7 things all together), this photo was possible. We even had a few shooting stars that night. I captured one in "When you wish upon a Star". With a shooting star that would be eight things that would need to fall into alignment, but who is counting at this point? Actually, there is a very faint shooting star in this photo also. If you look just above the third pilon from the end of the pier house itself and just above the cloud line, there is a faint shooting star.

I think this will make a great fine art wall art piece. It is a great example of what is possible in the way of Coastal Georgia star and Milky Way photography. It is and will be a very rare piece due to the fact that scheduled and announced power outages are rare themselves and may or may not occur during times that astro photography is possible.