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America the Beautiful At Night

	Moapa Valley Progress Submitted May 7, 2008 Wally Pacholka looks at the world with a different eye. Usually with one eye closed and one wide open. Pacholka is a photographer who uses his passion and perception of the world artistically looking through the lens of a camera. A selection of his works entitled “America the Beautiful- at Night” will be on display at the Lost City Museum throughout May.		Night photography by Wally Pacholka will be on display at the Lost City Museum in May.
	Pacholka grew up in a small, eastern Canadian town where he had an unhindered view of the night sky. Wanting to share the wonders he saw with family and friends set him on the path to becoming a photographer. He now shares this fascination with audiences around the world. His photographs have appeared in Time, Life, Newsweek, National Geographic, Encyclopedia Britannica and on MSNBC. NASA has repeatedly used his images of historic celestial events framed by scenic southwestern desert landscapes such as the Valley of Fire and Mohave Desert. Pacholka has photographed in 35 national parks where some of his work is now currently sold. “Viewers are treated to a glimpse of the spectacular natural beauty that exists when our desert scenery meets with the spectacular celestial events continuously unfolding in the sky above,” said Kathryne Olson, Museum Director. Pacholka has won the “Picture of the Year” award three times from Time-Life. Each image includes desert scenery and is designed to showcase unique celestial events in the night sky, as one would see them in their natural surroundings with the unaided eye. Every photo is an original single image photograph with no double exposures or computer manipulation.