The Milky Way From The Top of The World

[Ptarmigan]

Don't know if you're joking - but this is the Milkyway from my garden

Ohhh nice one LJ

What camera/lens/exp. ?

[laser_jock99]

Ohhh nice one LJ

What camera/lens/exp. ?

Just checked the EXIF info- 300 seconds @ F4, ISO 800, Sigma 20mm lens, Fuji IS Pro camera. Pink hue removed and 'curves' applied in Paintshop Pro.

[Ptarmigan]

Very interesting, thank you.

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

Strangely enough, I saw a satellite photo of Asia the other day, showing all the city lights at night (something like this). India was lit up like a christmas tree all over, and the rest of Asia was as you'd imagine - blotches of light around the major cities etc...

The most amazing thing about it though, was the HUGE pitch black area on the Tibetan plateau. I had been looking up light pollution maps earlier that evening and found my area to be pretty good, but i couldn't help but think that smack bang in the middle of that plateau, would be views that people haven't seen for decades.

I mean i know there is some trickery with these pics being long exposures/stacks/photoshopping etc, but even to the naked eye, i bet that place is breathtaking (no pun intended)

I hope i get to go there some day, and experience a world with no light pollution.

Edit: on top of the lack of light pollution, i bet the atmosphere is crystal clear at that altitude too

[laser_jock99]

Strangely enough, I saw a satellite photo of Asia the other day, showing all the city lights at night (something like this). India was lit up like a christmas tree all over, and the rest of Asia was as you'd imagine - blotches of light around the major cities etc...

The most amazing thing about it though, was the HUGE pitch black area on the Tibetan plateau. I had been looking up light pollution maps earlier that evening and found my area to be pretty good, but i couldn't help but think that smack bang in the middle of that plateau, would be views that people haven't seen for decades.

I mean i know there is some trickery with these pics being long exposures/stacks/photoshopping etc, but even to the naked eye, i bet that place is breathtaking (no pun intended)

I hope i get to go there some day, and experience a world with no light pollution.

Edit: on top of the lack of light pollution, i bet the atmosphere is crystal clear at that altitude too

The plateau is certainly an interesting and extreme place- four times the area of France, average altitude over 4500m (5000m in some regions), low rainfall (falls as snow or hail), very sparsley populated (a few more people than Antartica & Northern Greenland). A dark sky astronomy paradise?

[DarkV0!D]

absolutely stunning! This just makes me want to build a house in the Rocky mountains away from any major city and with no light pollution. You know so i can see this in my backyard every night.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice one. Wouldn't get anything that good from my garden.