Posted on 05/05/2026 11:51:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Orion is rarely seen like this. To achieve this majestic vista, you need a camera capable of taking such long duration exposures that faint features in the night sky become revealed. Iconic nebulas that appear include the Orion Nebula, the Flame Nebula, and Barnard's Loop. For contrast, it also helps to have a volcano on the foreground, in this case the Teide volcano on Tenerife on the Canary Islands of Spain. But if you want your Teide volcano snow-covered, you also need good timing -- because that only happens, typically, for a few days each year. Good timing also includes waiting for Orion to appear just behind Teide, which occurred late last year after sunset. The featured image is the result of a series of images taken consecutively with the same camera from the same location.
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Wow.
Yeah, too bad our naked eyes can never see what you see in this picture.
I’ll try again later. I do not understand this representation. Whatever.
Awesome, makes me want to drop some $$ and upgrade to a bigger 12-14 inch scope.
Thank you for the book advice.
I may just break down and get a copy.
There is some rolling shutter or jitter, but I did this with my Nikon P1000 of the moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M62Hu5uDTqI
What a fantasy-type picture. Beautiful.
Beautiful! What software did you use for editing?
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