The Triple Arch was captured on the night of March 19th, 2025, from the Dent d'Hérens, a summit at 4'200 meters on the Swiss-Italian border, accessible in winter only by helicopter. The image documents the double Milky Way arch, the one night per year when both arms of the Milky Way are visible above the horizon, alongside an unexpected third arch: the Gegenschein, a rare counterglow caused by sunlight scattering off interplanetary dust, which appeared naturally in the data during processing. The final image is built from just over 260 individual exposures and approximately 40 hours of post-processing.
Since its release, the Triple Arch has been selected as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, featured editorially by PetaPixel and upcoming BBC Science Focus, and is forthcoming in two internationally recognised astronomy publications. But more than any of that, it is the image I consider the most complete thing I have made.
The result of going as far as I possibly could, technically and physically, toward a single idea.
The Story
A few days after capturing the image you see here, all of my photography gear was stolen.
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For weeks, I tried to recover what I could through insurance, filing every claim and providing every proof. Despite the effort, nothing came through.
And so instead of waiting for a system that wouldn’t help, I decided to create something of my own.
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I wanted to offer something tangible, a way for people to support, but also receive something meaningful in return.
This print release is my alternative, a way to rebuild my gear not by asking for charity, but by sharing something meaningful. A tangible piece of my journey, and a way for anyone who wants to help to receive something lasting in return.
Your support will directly go toward building the next version of my setup, a new astro-modified camera body, my main creative camera, lenses, and the tools that allow me to keep capturing the night sky and the stories I love.
In turn, you’ll own the very last frame I ever took before everything was gone. This isn’t just a print. It’s a piece of what comes next, and a way to be part of it.
