Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.<\/p>\n
Good morning. It\u2019s December 8, and today\u2019s photo comes from the floor of the Grand Canyon. The photographer, Mitchell Yee, admits that this is not the best shot one might capture from this remote location, but there\u2019s a reason\u2014he shot it on his iPhone in August.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile it\u2019s a fairly ordinary photo, what was amazing to me was the level of quality of cell phone photography,\u201d he told me. \u201cNormally, I\u2019d haul out my big Nikon but since we were hiking down to the bottom of the canyon to meet our dories, weight was constrained. So I skipped the extra 15\u201320 pounds of camera, lens(es), and tripod and instead enjoyed the 9-mile hike with my 18-pound pack. Of course, this shot could have been much improved with a \u2018real\u2019 camera on a tripod. But there I was, flat on my back on a sand berm, with the best camera I had at that moment, my iPhone 13 mini, and I still made the shot I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dories, I\u2019m pretty sure, are boats. But I\u2019m kind of in \u201cAfraid to Ask\u201d Andy territory with that one.<\/p>\n
In any case, I thought the photo was lovely, and I appreciate Mitchell sharing it.<\/p>\n
Source: Mitchell Yee<\/p>\n
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