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Jeremy Perez

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Flagstaff, Arizona — art director, photographer, amateur astronomer, storm chaser.

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Nov 27

Fibonaccinado near Solomon, KS—May 25, 2016. Difficult to imagine drifting along with one this hefty, slow moving, long lasting, perfectly visible, road networked & town-dodgy again.
#kswx

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 9d

I need to shoot twilight starscapes more often—not just when comets are trying to hide within. Can you spot it? Second pic points the way. C/2025 R2 (SWAN) Thursday evening. Not an obvious one like NEOWISE or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS recently. But I do have hopes for Lemmon soon.
#comet #astrophotography

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 10d

October 2, 2025
7:10-7:25PM MST (0210-0225Z)
Canon EOS R5
William Optics ZenithStar 61 II APO
31 x 30 sec, ISO 1600

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 10d

And then there's the other bright comet, C/2025 R2 (SWAN). Nice that it's an evening object, but it's still in heavy twilight + gibbous moon + horizon loving clouds. So definitely not as detailed as Lemmon the morning before. 1.5° tail looks yellowish—so maybe dust, not ion.
#comet #astrophotography

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 11d

October 2, 2025
4:00-5:00 AM MST/1100-1200Z
Canon R5
ZenithStar 61 II APO
iOptron SkyGuider Pro
106 x 30 sec. / ISO 1600

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 11d

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from wayyy too early Thursday morning with all the good comet colors in the coma, dust & ion tails—with that stretching 6° in the uncropped original. It should keep getting better over the next few weeks and finally make it's way to the evening sky. A more tolerable place.

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks David!

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 19d

West of Flagstaff this afternoon. The search for structure worked out reasonably well. Better at times than this, but the CG demanded this moment be highlighted.

#weatherphotography #stormchasing #azwx

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 26d

I’d say this tour group got their money’s worth!

I had planned to be driving home that day, but forecast instability & boundary options convinced me to hang around another day. SPC wasn’t too impressed though until 20Z as things started happening. May 1, 2025, Briggs, TX.

#stormchasing

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 29d

Coming up Friday night and really looking forward to it!

5:30PM, September 19th, from Flagstaff, AZ, the first International Dark Sky City. Workshop at the Astrogeology Science Center with a field session afterward just down the road in Buffalo Park.

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Night Sky Photography Workshop with Jeremy Perez

Let the night sky transform your photography under the guidance of Flagstaff photographer and artist Jeremy Perez.

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks David! I should’ve gone after them during astronomical twilight since the comet was not showing. Seems these put on the best show earlier & east of here.

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Sep 15

Not enough time to haul off to a spot with a lower horizon, but the brief aurora display still lofted the tree tops at the end of astronomical twilight. East side of Flagstaff 35°N. 8:04 PM MST/0304Z.
#northernlights #nightscape

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Sep 14

Zodiacal Light blazing among the cinder cones north of Flagstaff. I love the depth showing up in scenes like this. Beyond the foreground lie ripples of airglow, further out the dust of our solar system slicing through and enveloping Jupiter & Venus, all atop a Milky Way backdrop.
#nightscape

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fallen, snaggy tree and Flagstaff lights catching the Milky Way with SP Crater peeking in from the right.
The camera had to almost get in the dirt for this one.

#nightscape #astrophotography

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 26

It should be fun!

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you!

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 22

Arizona locals interested in learning to photograph the night sky—there’s a little something happening in Flagstaff, Friday, September 19th. I’ll be leading a night photography workshop at the Astrogeology Science Center, with a field session in Buffalo Park right after. Link below:
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Night Sky Photography Workshop with Jeremy Perez

Let the night sky transform your photography under the guidance of Flagstaff photographer and artist Jeremy Perez.

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 21

Occlusion approaching Hwy62/70 west of Matador, Texas on April 24th. It was moving slightly left to right from this spot, but not fast enough for my liking, so I drifted back west after this shot & got a view of nothing but rain as it crossed the road.
#weatherphotography #stormchasing

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 19

I scouted unpaved roads south of Winslow looking for a decommissioned bridge Sunday night but got diverted by unexpected fences & gates. Along the way, some weathered sandstone outcrops kindly showed up and filled in while Payson tried to keep the Milky Way from touching the horizon.
#milkyway

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 18

Storms got stingy with CGs after crossing the Bradshaws Friday night. Just enough IC flashes to keep one hopeful. Looking west over Dewey as the gust front moved in.
#stormchasing #weatherphotography

Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 16

Looking SW across Lake Mary yesterday evening. This was an interesting catch. The shutter was set to high-speed continuous. When the trigger fired, the right strike captured first, followed 1/12 sec later by the one on the left. I stacked both since they were buddies.
#azwx #weatherphotography

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 15

Paper wasp scrambling in the back yard. I had an experimental truce with them this year since they don’t menace like yellow jackets & wow they kept the grasshopper swarms in check. Need to patch holes in the new retaining wall this winter so they don’t get overly entrenched.
#macrophotography

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 13

June 7th last year, midway between Dunning & Arnold, Nebraska, as a tour group tries to catch a meso by the tail.
#weatherphotography #stormchasing

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yep, much less! Though still has that touch of furrowed brow, trying to figure out what gives with those red planet canals.

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 12

Percy has a bust along the Pluto Walk at Lowell Observatory. Red uplighting is kind of ominous though.

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Jeremy Perez @perezmedia.bsky.social · Aug 11

On the other side of a key decision here. April 24, NW of Matador, TX looking North. Storm is wrapping up, rotating faster & moving in. Untested dirt grid to the right/east would keep close but require zigzagging in the path. Opted nope. U-turned just as this 1st dusty spinup lofted.
#stormchasing

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