Under the Milky Way

priceless

this is amazing & so beautiful!

can I ask where this was taken?
like what city & state?

Black Rock Desert, Nevada, darkest and flattest area in the U.S.

Amazing!!

It looks like a woman's body

And it’s something quite peculiar,
Something shimmering and white.
Leads you here despite your destination,
Under the Milky Way tonight

► The Church ♫ ♪

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Changing World Photography says:

amazing!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

biotron says:

*seethes with envy* :)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

B. Wilson says:

Yesss... Nature is amazing !!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Oh goodness... WOW!!! *blink blink*
I can see my home there, cool! 0-)

Here, the song to go with sucha wonder...
Under The Milky Way... ♪♫
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Baker says:

Pretty awesome. Where was this shot and did you use a tracker?
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

thanks y'all and especially Alieness for the SETI audio feed!

Todd: Black Rock Desert, Nevada, a magical place far away from everything... which is good for night shots, and rockets

No tracker. Just a tripod and long exposure with a 16mm lens, wide open at f2.8 and ISO800. I also tried some light painting of the 84" satcom dish Tom brought out, but I did not like how they came out. Next time, I will try the 8mm fish-eye lens.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Computer Science Geek says:

Dark skies delight!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

hvhe1 says:

Absolutely stunning. What a great shot. The colors and clarity are truly amazing. Great job!!

I have faved and tagged your picture with BRAVO and this serves as an invitation to The Best: BRAVO.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ed Karjala says:

absolutely superb work
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

j0seph504 says:

Wow! Amazing detail. We don't get a sky like that around here.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

gdsanders says:

Simply awesome. I imagine the night sky clarity out in the Black Rock desert is something to behold.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

sarky_coolbox says:

Great long exposure! Well taken!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Sutanto says:

Amazing capture. 1-2-3
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

msamaclean © says:

Damn light pollution!!! I don't think most young kids realize the amazing sight our sky provides because they are raised where the light pollution is obliterating this kind of magnificence!
This is a great shot!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Timothy Schenck says:

wow, gorgeous!!!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

C.P.Storm says:

Amazing, love night pics
1-2-3
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

JP D says:

Great details, good work!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

oklo says:

Nice.

The dark sky applet shows that Black Rock Desert is in one of the least light-polluted parts of the United States.

It's eerie to think that the 3-million solar mass black hole lurking in the center of the galaxy is just to the right of the bright star cloud in your photo near the boundary between Sagittarius and Scorpius.

The photo also shows Jupiter within a few degrees of Antares -- a nice illustration of the fact that Jupiter appears slightly brighter than the brightest stars.

Newton used this similarity in apparent brightness to get the first ball park estimate of the distance to the stars. He assumed that the stars are similar in brightness to the sun, and assumed that Jupiter (whose distance he knew) is a perfect reflector of sunlight...
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

OK, this is why flickr is crack. Thanks a ton Greg for the annotations. I had no idea I was being drawn toward a black hole! =)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

The BrassPotato says:

One day I hope to get far away enough from the city to be able to see a proper night sky like that...
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

down_the_rabbit_hole says:

I just posted a Milky Way shot on Bravo but I think I'll have to pull it - yours blows mine out of the water. Stunning. Love the way the stars on the periphery all seem to be moving in different directions - wonderful effect of the long exposure combined with the wide angle. Lucky you with a 5D!!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

BamaWester says:

WOW....this is truly an amazing shot. Instant fave.

Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ian:Brewer says:

amazing shot

Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

wow, couple of hours off and see all this thread... what a great input, greg.

I blogged this pic and mentioned that my planet is one of the stars at the bottom right corner... Just around where you crop the detail, near Jupiter, you precisely spotted my way home!

Awesome shot, awesome post. Kuddos, jurvey. 0-))
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

the little sparrow says:

this is perfection.
love the church reference :)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

pfflyerpf says:

great song...great shot...great universe...
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

!MimosaMicheMichelle! says:

Wonderful!

It makes you envy people who lived one or more centuries ago.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

BotaniQ says:

Very nice!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

unixdoc says:

Awesome shot.. :))
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

anyes☆ says:

beautiful!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Goby1 says:

Amazing
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Huffman says:

Lovely. I miss My Own Personal Infinite Void. Sometimes it is nice to sit there and get lost in the cosmic expanse and remember you are a very very very very very very small chunk of matter.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

fjny says:

Fantastic!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

G0Da says:

This is so amazing I dont know what to do with myself.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Threepwood says:

Jaw droppingly good!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Wizard Photography says:

Stunning, I'm taking up astronomy!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

patty_colmer says:

unbelievable ...out of this world... fantastic photo!!! Thank you for this photo. It keeps me in the "know" about our universe and the stars. Love it.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

THE ENGRAVER-Germany- says:

Fantastic Pic!!!!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

lishabrooke says:

lovely...did you do any with a longer shutter speed? i love the light from Las Vegas that you can see. beautful shot!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Yes, and you get a wonderful rotational blur around Polaris. I meant to bring my Russian armored car fish-eye lens

What’s That? (68)

to capture a the entire sky with rotation. But that will have to wait until my next trip in Sept.

I think the lights are from the little town of Fernley, about 90 miles to the South. Because we needed a large splash zone for therockets, we were deep in the desert, quite a bit North of the Burning Man site.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

mika. says:

Wow. what a picture.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

birdyboo says:

Splendid.
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

oklo says:

It's wonderful to see that your photo is striking a chord.

The utter blackness of the mountainous horizon really stirred my memory of the moonless July Nevada sky. I've put up a post with your photo and more comments at oklo.org.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Dulce Scalla says:

Fantastic!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ted Abbott says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Coolest Damn Photographers in the World, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

DraconianRain says:

This is awesome!
This inspires me to click such shots! (EXIF Data helps!!)
Congrats on the wonderful capture!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

gswoo1 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called My best nature photos, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

tonyjurvetson says:

This photo brings back memories. I used to see the sky and its billions of stars just like that, maybe even clearer, on moonless nights, in one of the great cities of Europe.

This was during total blackout, during World War 2. No light pollution was allowed, not even a match. Street signs and curbs were painted with phosphorous paint, like a watch dial. The cars, that were allowed to drive, had one very, very dim downward pointing light with white painted bumpers and fender edges. All house windows and doors had their cracks blacked out. To open a door you turned out the room lights. The only lights were the stars and our milky way.

I looked at the sky with wonder and it felt like living in the times before electricity was invented. Then a thousand bombers came, set fire to the city and you could not see the sky or the sun, for many days….
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Viewpoint Digital [deleted] says:

Excelente imagen....!

PREMIO "OBJETIVO"
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

ooh mamma mia says:

Perfectly stardusty
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

!MimosaMicheMichelle! says:

TJ This is a most fascinating and interesting account of your experiences in a very sad time. Your life must have been a mixture of the joys of youth and the fear of terrifying and gloomy days. I always look at the sky with wonder so I understand how you sought to find the beauty and awe that the milky way brought in your life in those days. I enjoyed this story.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

markdanielowen says:

Brilliant shot!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

jimgoldstein says:

Great shot! I was just talking to my friend recently about his seeing galactic center from Bolivia while on his travels.

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

danihernanz says:

Fantastic. Good job!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Pakuz says:

what a beauty!
kisses!

Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Catherine.CG.WQ☥ says:

stunning

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

wanathan101 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Pickture Perfect, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

irishlad1 says:

Excellent! The vastness of the photo brings with it the realization that we are truly zipping through the universe on but a tiny grain of sand.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

yellowrubberduck says:

wow-this is so stunning!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

wow, 3100 views, 127 favs in 24hs... and with nobody naked! Remarkable score. :D

Hi, tony dad! *waving*
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Maik Radke says:

amazing ......
a very god picture !
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

:p---e--d-ro says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called "Flashadas" - mixing light sources/exposures, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

idiottool says:

Great Image!!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

RocketGuy says:

Great one, I'll have to try it myself when I go next, see what I can get at 18mm. I remember my first time at Blackrock for a launch, back when high power rocketry was really booming (business wise). The weather was perfect, not a drop of rain, and the night sky was amazing. You could see the plethora of satellites we've put up, iridium etc. Nice reminder of that weekend. I slept on a tarp in a sleeping bag that was open all night because it was, at coldest, 70F. Magic.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

memetic says:

Wow, beautiful!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

timberwolf1212 says:

Fantastic shot, and lyrics of a great song by the Church as a caption. Muy Bueno!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

.: MiNA :. says:

Amazing
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

j.anne4 ( Janne ) says:

Wonderful .

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Baker says:

I hope you don't mind but I did a quick PS work on it to reduce the green from the lights.

Cheers
Todd

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

ohlavache [deleted] says:

Simply wonderful capture!

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ch0c0l8_L0v3r_43va says:

love the way the group of stars lead to the sunset..amazing!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Campin' Guy says:

Very nice shot! Only a slight bit of aberration. Looks good.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

... Arjun says:

Absolutely brilliant!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

macropoulos says:

Beautiful capture of the night sky!
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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

lorenzaccio* says:

impressive shot!
54 seconds of exposure? you kept pressing your remote for that long?
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Why, yes indeed.... It's not that hard. It has a slider to lock it open.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

lorenzaccio* says:

silly of me :)
i'm not so expert of remotes :D
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Ana Santos says:

Stunning. The brightness of the stars makes you wonder.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

ComputerHotline says:

This photo should be used in class, at school !

Please add your photo to Photos pour l'école / Photos for school
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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Xaime Verde says:

Outstanding!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

EJP Photo says:

Wow! Amazing sky
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

weeklymg says:

Hi. I wanted to let you know that I'm using this photo, in accordance with the Creative Commons License, on my blog: weeklymobilegoodies.blogspot.com
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

sallylondon says:

What an incredible photo. Amazing what you can see up there without light pollution!

'NIGHT' Theme at:
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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

wenzday01 says:

wow, amazing!

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jhary says:

Impressive.

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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Raelians Rulez, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group. i don't think you are a cultist...but we luv your creations ne way..pls post...so we know what we aren't looking for. =^-^=
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ComputerHotline says:

Thanks for licensing this image as CC "by" !
Your photo is uploaded here :
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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

mattpa says:

Got to try that
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

WisDoc says:

Congratulations on being the co-winner of this week's Theme Thread Contest at the Scientist Photographers group!!

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

jcgr says:

Gorgeous!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

David Cartier says:

Superb ... So beautiful !!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

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I've selected your awesome photo for the Photo of the Year contest at the Scientist Photographers group.

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power slave says:

Beautiful.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

JK> says:

I can not even see the Milky Way around here...
This is awesome...
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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Cynner_SF (Cynthia Wood) says:

*gasp*

isn't it amazing to look at the sky from that place?

btw, if this was taken in black rock/during burning man, how come the date stamp says "july 22nd"...? you must have been up there early! :)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

nels1 says:

congrats Steve...this pic was just featured in jpg mag's latest email about their new photo challenge theme of "starry nights":)
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Hulhuwins says:

Excellent
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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