Milky Way - south of Wendover, NV

Shot 15 miles south of Wendover, NV with no other visible light in the southern sky. The amazing thing is the the amount of light given off by the Milky Way at night when you're away from everything.

Wow that is one awesome shot!

Moab Man said:

Shot 15 miles south of Wendover, NV with no other visible light in the southern sky. The amazing thing is the the amount of light given off by the Milky Way at night when you're away from everything.

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What equipment and technique did you use to capture this incredible image?

WM

Stellarium - Free computer program to see exactly where the Milky Way would be at any given time and where the moon would be for dark sky.

Location - Dark sky

Camera - D7100 triggered by remote. Mirror up first then open shutter

Lens - Tokina AT-X116 Pro DX-II 11-16mm f/2.8

Setting - ISO 2000, 45 seconds, f/2.8

Edited in CS6 to cut down atmospheric haze, increase contrast, and color correct for light in the atmosphere we can't see but shows up in the picture as yellow, red, or sometimes green.

Jealous guy over here...beautiful

Fabulous image! Excellent work, Moab Man!

Awesome!

Beautiful! Makes me miss the desert sky!

great shot MM

Hi moab any chance you can post the raw or unedited pic I'm trying to figure out if I can further enhance my photos I.e. see if my raw is similar to yours.I'm not very experienced with my photo editing software thanks...pat

Wonderful capture mate, well done.