Posted on 11/01/2021 4:01:22 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The dream was to capture both the waterfall and the Milky Way together. Difficulties included finding a good camera location, artificially illuminating the waterfall and the surrounding valley effectively, capturing the entire scene with numerous foreground and background shots, worrying that fireflies would be too distracting, keeping the camera dry, and avoiding stepping on a poisonous snake. Behold the result -- captured after midnight in mid-July and digitally stitched into a wide-angle panorama. The waterfall is the picturesque Zhulian waterfall in the Luoxiao Mountains in eastern Hunan Province, China. The central band of our Milky Way Galaxy crosses the sky and shows numerous dark dust filaments and colorful nebulas. Bright stars dot the sky -- all residing in the nearby Milky Way -- including the Summer Triangle with bright Vega visible above the Milky Way's arch. After capturing all 78 component exposures for you to enjoy, the photographer and friends enjoyed the view themselves for the rest of the night.
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AWESOME!
Oh, WOW!
Do you have to go away from cities to see skies like that? Or do you need a special kind of telescope or camera?
I am pretty sure it is a long camera exposure yo get the Milky Way, but you need to also be away from city lights.
bttt
It reminds me of another APOD a few years back “kind” of similar- the night sky, a waterfall, and maybe a comet in the sky, too. Maybe I’m wrong. Does anyone remember something like that?
This is a fantastic picture, I am envious of the photographer being where this was taken.
It’s most prominent in the summer (or later night in spring), with dark skies it should be pretty easy to see. If you can find the constellations Cygnus (overhead) and Sagittarius (low in the south), that’s the general direction.
But it won’t look like the photos you see. The details are all there, but only under the very best conditions have I seen unaided the dust lanes and structure you see in the photos. Mostly just a mottled band of light that resolves to stars in a telescope or a steady gaze. But my eyes aren’t great especially as I’ve gotten older - maybe you’ll do better when you know when and where to look.
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With a digital camera you can view an image like this in 20 to 30 seconds. My Canon EOS R6 you can see the color of the Orion nebula in the viewscreen.
You would need a big telescope for that for your eye.
Sample photos:
https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/how-to-photograph-the-milky-way.html
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