• Corona Australis constellation
  • Kaus Australis (Epsilon Sagittarii) - the brightest star in the constellation Sagittarius
  • Shaula - the "stinger" star in the constellation of Scorpion. It is the second brightes star system in this constellation
  • Antares
  • Scorpius constellation
  • Sagittarius constellation

Milky Way stars over Signal Mountain summit

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Stars and the Milky Way over Signal Mountain overlook, Grand Teton National Park. This southern exposure was taken at 1:44 AM, June 13th. Orange cloud glow between the trees is light pollution from Jackson, WY (27 miles away). See notes on image for major stars and constellations.

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  1. Dylan MacMaster 10 months ago | reply

    Fantastic image Royce! Those silhouetted and the clouds are great. I need to try and stay more active on Flickr again, especially with such great inspirational shots like this. Now if I could just find more time to get out at night.

  2. starrypix 10 months ago | reply

    Amazing shots, i like it.
    bravo.
    have a clear sky!

  3. SUVAN722 10 months ago | reply

    wow ! owesome~

  4. ForeMostPhotography 10 months ago | reply

    outstanding image, the night sky is a wonderfull place and this image tells that. amazing job.

  5. Fred van Os 10 months ago | reply

    Wonderful photo

  6. alike_adelais 10 months ago | reply

    incredibly beautiful!

  7. tangelo2012 [deleted] 10 months ago | reply

    what a beautiful!!

  8. Ómar Smith 10 months ago | reply

    speechless !

    :)

  9. ∞ escape 10 months ago | reply

    really amazing! i love it

  10. Eli Muniz Corbalan 9 months ago | reply

    Esta imagen es muuuuuuyyyyyyyyy impresionante!!!! Felicitaciones!!!!

  11. Serge Pikhotskiy 8 months ago | reply

    This is very cool! I like the sharp detail! Can you really see it that well with a naked eye?? ))

  12. philipleemiller 8 months ago | reply

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  13. Jpipkin4 5 months ago | reply

    Wow that is amazing

  14. el.merritt 5 months ago | reply

    Fantastic capture with a very good foreground. Great work.

  15. NorthernLala 4 months ago | reply

    Awesome beauty :-)

  16. srtaconbici 3 months ago | reply

    Just beautiful

  17. juances 3 months ago | reply

    What a nice shot!,

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