With lockdowns reducing pollution, night skies in Swindon have become clearer.
These are stunning starry night pictures from members of the Swindon and Wiltshire Camera Club.
If you would like to contribute your photography, you can join the Swindon and Wiltshire Camera Club group on Facebook.
For more of our camera club galleries click here.
Steve Bessent pictures the starry sky above Lou Hamilton’s unusual Wish Hounds sculpture in Croft Wood
Stunning sky scene from Steve Bessent
Emma Sanger-Horwell captures Orion Nebula, where new stars are formed
Orion over Old Town, from Emma Sanger-Horwell
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