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OUR TEAM
Devon Salasin
HEAD ASTRONOMY GUIDE
“The view of earth is absolutely spectacular, and the feeling of looking back and seeing your planet as a planet is just an amazing feeling. It’s a totally different perspective, and it makes you appreciate, actually, how fragile our existence is.” -Sally Ride
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Devon’s passion for our home planet has fueled her interest into the fields of Planetary Science and Astronomy. Graduating from Penn State University, she spent most of her time in the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, soaking up everything Astrobiology and Climatology. Leaving the planet and our day-to-day lives behind, she ponders some of the Universe’s biggest questions. Where did we come from? Is anybody out there?
Kramer Ditty
NIGHT SKY ASSISTANT
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." - Carl Sagan
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Kramer's enthusiasm for stars has always been rooted in the science - that we are all made up of stardust. As one who celebrates and recognizes that the universe is much larger than each of us here on Planet Earth, Kramer is often finding ways to capture its grandiosity through music and videography. You will often find him setting the mood, or seeking out the ISS and other celestial objects from above.
Brandon Holloman
ASTRONOMY GUIDE
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering,...every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization...in the history of our species lived there—on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." -Carl Sagan
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"Growing up watching science fiction and documentaries about the universe, as well living under a clear night sky in small mountain town of Lake Arrowhead, California left Brandon with a lifelong love for anything related to outer space and a passion for understanding the universe. He studied astrophysics at UCLA so that he could pursue that knowledge of the vast cosmos. His favorite topic is the incomprehensibly massive size, scale, and scope of the universe. He also loves science fiction so much that he's written two sci-fi novels of his own."
Daniel Anaya
NIGHT SKY ASSISTANT
“I think love is the greatest force in the universe. It’s shapeless like water. It only takes the shape of things it becomes.” - Guillermo del Toro
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Daniel’s fascination with the night sky traces back to his rural upbringing. Since a child, he spent countless nights working in the fields with his family, often pausing to gaze at the vast, star-filled sky above. Today, Daniel channels this deep connection into his photography. Capturing what cannot be replicated.
Sydnee Hill
NIGHT SKY ASSISTANT
"You are a walking universe." - David Arcos
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Sydnee has always been captivated by the beauty of space. As a child, she spent countless days walking through the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and staring at the moon trying to figure out if it was following her. Sydnee's favorite way to process life is through photography, she has been doing so for as long as she can remember. When she isn't holding a camera, she enjoys reading, watching movies, taking road trips, and eating chipotle!
Lily Brown
NIGHT SKY ASSISTANT
“Science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well.” Albert Einstein
Having lived in Joshua Tree her whole life, Lily has found a great appreciation for the vastness of the desert and the beautiful night sky it provides. It is a passion of hers to experience it not only in her backyard, but with others who share the interest as well. She gravitates to space and the many unknowns of the universe and captures it through the lens of her camera. Photography has been a well loved hobby of hers in many different forms, but her favorite can be found within the stars. As her love for art does not stop there. When she’s not gazing under the stars she can be found reading a new book, writing an old story, listening to and making music, or perhaps watching films.