Mark IC Chen

2 months ago | nationalgeographic.com | Mark IC Chen |Hicks Wogan

Periods of time lasting thousands, millions, or even billions of years might seem unfathomable. So Mark Chen, a photographer and teacher in Houston, decided to “visualize this very mysterious idea of deep time” in more relatable terms: the stars over our heads and the rocks underfoot. Since 2022, he’s been hiking into wild places, including national parks, at night and deploying a custom-made projector to layer NASA images of star systems onto iconic natural formations in split-second bursts.