Posted on 08/23/2022 1:49:12 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Careful planning made this a nightscape to remember. First, the night itself was chosen to occur during the beginning of this year's Perseid Meteor Shower. Next, the time of night was chosen to be before the bright Moon would rise and dominate the night sky's brightness. The picturesque foreground was selected to be a rocky beach of the Mediterranean Sea in Le Dramont, France, with, at the time, île d’Or island situated near the ominously descending central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Once everything was set and with the weather cooperating, all of the frames for this seemingly surreal nightscape were acquired within 15 minutes. What you can't see is that, on this night, the astrophotographer brought along his father who, although unskilled in modern sky-capture techniques, once made it a point to teach his child about the sky.
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Nice
Collision is ‘imminent’ with Andromeda in oh, about 4 billion years.....
Stunning!
Looks phony.
“Looks phony.”
I do not do astro-phography, but it seems very little of it is “as the eye sees it”
Lots and lots of post processing to bring out what the eye cannot see.
As long as nothing is added, consider it enhanced rather than phony.
What the photographer has done is take multiple pictures within 15 minutes with his digital camera, and with post processing has “stacked” those pictures in a sort of one-on-top-of-the-other photo “sandwich”. This intensifies the end image to produce such a picture.
Catching the meteor is an unexpected cherry on top.
Makes me aware all over again of how infinitesimally small I am in comparison. Thanks for posting that great image!
Agree.. I know nowhere on earth where you could look up and see anything like the Milky Way in that picture.
Lot of filters and enhancing without a doubt. Awesome picture though.
I have a 32” screen and get 470mbs download speed and that photo still took 30 seconds to load plus when seen actual size it is as big as the Milky Way!
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