... is that you can still see the stars
with the naked eye
I didn't have to use a telephoto to take this, in fact I used the wide angle at 10mm which also allowed me to add the trees as point of reference.
This is what your own eyes would see if you were standing in there.
The red color of the trees comes from the rear parking lights of the car (30 sec exposure) as we stopped on the road somewhere nearby Glenn Innes in New South Wales, in between Brisbane and Sydney.
I don't know if it is the milky way or some nebula, I am actually very
bad at constellations.
And there is a reason for that:
Too many city lights in the Northern Hemisphere
So, except for some very bright ones many people like me haven't actually "seen the stars", ever.
The first time I noticed that was when I first traveled to Australia
in 2006 and saw something similar at the desert of Ayer's Rock.
This time I was glad to notice that not only this can be seen in the
desert but basically anywhere in this country.
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Memo Vasquez 55 months ago | reply
Es una vista extraordinariamente hermosa!
Un saludo, amigo.
pc_alicante 55 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called fotos perfectas, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Miss_Mandy07 54 months ago | reply
Wow! What a fabulous shot.
Christoph Zurbuchen 54 months ago | reply
Excellent ! The only place i saw something close to it was in New Mexico,Beautiful picture !
zorby 52 months ago | reply
Excellent shot, and it is the Milky Way.
Patrick Hoff [deleted] 52 months ago | reply
Nice. There are few spots in Holland where it it as clear as this.
You would have gotten an even better image if you would have turned the car lights off!
JP...NYC 51 months ago | reply
That's definitely the Milky Way; billions of stars and illuminated gas. Beautiful. Definitely can't see that from here in NYC.
vacioysucio 51 months ago | reply
Congratulations! you were so lucky! , I want so see that anywhere
Pixter007 [deleted] 50 months ago | reply
Great image! I'm an admin for a group called. Wide Field Astrophotography and we'd love to have you submit this image.
Dangerous Dave Astrophotography 50 months ago | reply
Absolutely amazing that you took that with a 30 second exposure!
jpstanley 50 months ago | reply
Very nice. Interesting to see the Milky Way so high in the sky--that area is always near the horizon when seen from the northern hemisphere. I need to go to Australia sometime.
And the entire northern hemisphere isn't too light-polluted to see the stars. (Yet.) Here's a photo I took in a tiny rural Utah town:
28mediaphoto 49 months ago | reply
Great shot of the glorious Southern Milky Way. It's absolutely breathtaking when you see it like that for the first time. From down under ,the Milky Way stretches from horizon to horizon .
Testchamber 45 months ago | reply
Wonderful!
natwaterson 39 months ago | reply
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melenama 35 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Australia by tips4travels, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Te Whiu 33 months ago | reply
Awesome night photo! Beautiful Australia!!
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tapulan 13 months ago | reply
beautiful, this is very seldom to see with barely eyes. graphic design maryborough
jcqsmer 10 months ago | reply
Absolutely superb!!