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Book - Blinked Myself Awake 

Bieke Depoorter 

In recent years, photographer Bieke Depoorter has sought out amateur stargazers, visited state-of-the-art observatories, and researched the history of astronomy. Never especially interested in the field earlier, she gradually realized that her new obsession was related to childhood memories lost due to trauma. The night sky is, after all, a kind of shared memory: the light from celestial bodies can take hundreds or thousands of light-years to reach our eyes on earth. Some observable stars may have disappeared long ago.

Depoorter felt reluctant to look at stars herself but was drawn to observing... 

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USA. Arizona. Gold Canyon. 2023. The reflection of the moon’s... 
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BELGIUM. Mol. 2020. Astronomer points out a star with a laser... 
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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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USA. Los Angeles. Mount Wilson Observatory. 2023. The Snow Telescope.... 
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USA. Arizona. Tucson. 2023. Tim. 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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BELGIUM. Picture of the Moon. Taken by Bieke Depoorter when she... 

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USA. Los Angeles. Mount Wilson Observatory. 2023. Solar eclipse... 
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BELGIUM. Ingooigem. 2020. Jens 

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USA. Arizona. Flagstaff. 2023. Model of Jupiter at Lowell Observatory.... 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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USA. Los Angeles. Observatory. 2023. Shadows during a solar eclipse,... 

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USA. Los Angeles. Mount Wilson Observatory. 2023. The 16-inch... 
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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Stargazing in front... 
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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Sunset 

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BELGIUM. Ostend. June 30, 2017. Photo of the sea, taken the same... 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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USA. Arizona. Tucson. 2023. Tim at 3towers Observatory, his home... 

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USA. Arizona. Sonoita. Winer Observatory. 2023. Mark. 

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USA. Los Angeles. 2023. Toilet at Mount Wilson Observatory. 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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BELGIUM. Mol. 2020. at2017axd, the home observatory of Dirk. 

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BELGIUM. Ghent. 2020. Henk. 
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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Teide Observatory.... 

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USA. Arizona. Mormon Lake. Lowell Observatory. 2023. Preparing... 

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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Stargazing tour. 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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USA. Arizona. Gold Canyon. 2023. Zachary. 

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USA. Arizona. Gold Canyon. 2023. Zachary 

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USA. Arizona. Mormon Lake. Lowell Observatory. 2023. The Lowell... 
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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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USA. Los Angeles. Mount Wilson Observatory. 2023. Photograph... 

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BELGIUM. Denderleeuw. 2020. David drawing the stars. 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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BELGIUM. Ghent. Gent Public Observatory Armand Pien. 2024
Stargazing... 

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USA. Arizona. Tucson. 2023. Kitt Peak National Observatory. 

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FRANCE. Sommières-du-Clain. Les Observatoires du Clain.2020.... 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Stargazing 

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USA. Arizona. Tucson. Kitt Peak National Observatory. 2023. The... 
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USA. Arizona. Mormon Lake. Lowell Observatory. 2023. Inside the... 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Stargazing in front... 

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USA. 2023. Photograph of Hubble’s Variable Nebula, with circumstellar... 
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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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USA. Arizona. Mt. Lemmon. Mt. Lemmon Sky Center Observatory.... 
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USA. Arizona. 2023. Visitor at Meteor Crater. 

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USA. Arizona. 2023. Meteor Crater. 
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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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USA. Arizona. Mormon Lake. Lowell Observatory. 2023.
Entrance... 

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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Stargazing. 

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FRANCE. Sommières-du-Clain. Les Observatoires du Clain. 2020.... 

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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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BELGIUM. Koksijde. 2020. Emmanuel at Alpha Centaurus, his home... 

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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Sunset and stargazing... 
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TEARSHEET. Text plate from the book "Blinked Myself Awake." 

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SPAIN.Tenerife. Teide Observatory. 2023. Opening the Themis Telescope.... 
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SPAIN. Tenerife. Teide National Park. 2023. Stargazing at hotel... 
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