"Galactic Relaxation"

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    Probably one of my favorite things to do is sit outside underneath the stars. For a Texas June night, the temperatures were decently cool.

    Single 30 second exposure, me relaxing, red LED light to illuminate myself and 6" Dob telescope.

    Shot with a Nikon D700
    Tokina 16-28mm f2.8 Lens, ISO 3200, WB 4000K, 30 second exposure. Location: Comanche, TX

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    © Harley Grady 2012

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      Alesfra added this photo to his favorites. (11 months ago)

    2. Alesfra (11 months ago | reply)

      Really wonderful capture and composition !!!

    3. Harles99 (11 months ago | reply)

      Thanks!

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      Hélder Santana and Vlamir Astrophotos added this photo to their favorites.

    6. Vlamir Astrophotos (11 months ago | reply)

      There is nothing better than doing it...

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      aimanizales added this photo to his favorites. (11 months ago)

    8. sumanvk (11 months ago | reply)

      Great photo:)

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      Robin.W.Collins, Abhinav Rajagopal, pocketrubbish, mircea.coste, and Jason Batory added this photo to their favorites.

    10. evgf (6 months ago | reply)

      Wow, I wish we had stars like that in Houston!

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      evgf added this photo to their favorites. (6 months ago)

    12. Gabbbbbbbbbbb (4 months ago | reply)

      real nice

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      Jo Sef Gray added this photo to his favorites. (4 months ago)

    14. zhisheng_chow (4 months ago | reply)

      This is great. How far away are you from the nearest city? I can see some light pollution, but the fact that the Milky Way is still so visible is quite a feat.

    15. Harles99 (4 months ago | reply)

      Thank You, The light pollution seen in this photo is from a very small town about 15miles south of my location.

    16. rschnaible (4 months ago | reply)

      lovely

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      abuakel and Jaro Larnos added this photo to their favorites.

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