Self portrait at Lake Takapo

[Vic&Al]

Big thanks to all the team who gave us the tour of the wonderful Mount John observatory absolutely amazing place and a 'must do' if you go to New Zealand

We spent two and a half hours under the most amazing skies a night we will never forget.

Also managed this 60 sec shot with a cheeky peek of me and Vic lit up using our supplied torches! The black in the bottom left is Lake Takapo and the hills to the East..

We only had one day and night here and it was raining and cloudy all day but just before the tour started the skies cleared, unforgettable.

[Rustysplit]

Fantastic!!

We went to New Zealand in 2003, before I got into astronomy My biggest regret is not looking up enough.

[Gina]

I like that Lovely widefield shot of the Milky Way too

[southernman]

Nice pic. I'm glad you had a good time. By the way I think you mean Lake Tekapo.

Peter

[Digz]

Looks like you had slightly better weather than we did.

Its a fantastic place and great facility.

[pixelsaurus]

Nice shot. Good to see you got the Pointers and Southern Cross. The area around Lake Tekapo now has International Darky Sky Reserve status. http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/press-releases/2012/6/nature_tekapo-dark-sky-reserve.cfm

[Vic&Al]

Thanks everybody and sorry my mistake of course it is Lake Tekapo this jet lag is no fun at all!

[Superdavo]

U look a bit like ghosts, but it's amazing that you can get that much detail in 60s. Also, I'm feeling very jelaus at the moment

[jackrussell0232]

That's amazing. If we had a category for self portraits, this would be right up there.

Thinking of two weeks in a motorhome out there myself. Just need a mach 1 and an FSQ85!

Jack

[stargazer1960]

Great image like the portrait looking out over the milky way ...........

[robbie c]

Superb image love the idea of a self portrait as well

[x6gas]

Loving it...

[steppenwolf]

Excellent - I visited Mount John last year - sadly there were only a couple of clear nights during the three weeks we were in NZ but those two nights were absolutely worth it - to see Orion 'upside down' was spooky!