About the Cover Photographer: Carol Horton Ward

Carol Horton Ward worked for the Department of Energy, and before that spent 23 years in the U.S. Army. When she fi nally ushered in retirement, Carol wholeheartedly embraced her passion for photography.

On many warm Summer nights, Carol Horton Ward packs her photography gear into a Jeep Wrangler, quietly calls her little white Maltese mix terrier named Astro, and the two of them head out to Assateague Island to photograph the magnifi cent Milky Way.

This year, the Earth had a special visitor passing through our solar system ~ a Comet called Neowise. With diligent care, Carol created beautiful images of this natural phenomenon ~ a light show for the well informed.

Carol is one of the photographers who have formed a group called Photo Easton who are giving the proceeds from the sale of their photographs to Food Banks and other charities. Make a donation of an appropriate amount and receive a ready to hang framed canvas of equal value.

For more on Photo Easton visit photoeaston.org. Carol’s website is carol-ward.squarespace.co.

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