Milky Way overhead: Taken near Mt. Rainier National Park. A single meteor briefly flares through the sky. The Andromeda Galaxy is visible at the top center of the image. This galaxy is...

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Milky Way overhead

Feb 28, 2015 00:28:41 #

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

Taken near Mt. Rainier National Park. A single meteor briefly flares through the sky. The Andromeda Galaxy is visible at the top center of the image. This galaxy is larger than our own, with an estimated 1 Trillion stars contained within while the Milky Way contains a "mere" 200 to 400 Billion stars! It's 2.5 million light years away and getting closer. The projection is it will collide with the Milky Way in about 3.75 Billion years. Time is short :)

Single image taken with Canon 60D, 16-35mm lens at 16mm, 20 sec exposure at F/2.8, iso 3200.

The Milky Way

Feb 28, 2015 00:56:59 #

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. S-

Feb 28, 2015 02:16:34 #

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

:thumbup:

Feb 28, 2015 13:53:53 #

tramsey Loc: Texas

Right place, right time, great capture and shot :thumbup: :thumbup:

Feb 28, 2015 18:04:46 #

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

St3v3M wrote:

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing. S-

Thanks St3v3M. I appreciate your kind comment.

Feb 28, 2015 18:06:13 #

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

Nikonian72 wrote:

:thumbup:

Thanks Nikonian. I appreciate it.

Feb 28, 2015 18:07:54 #

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

tramsey wrote:

Right place, right time, great capture and shot :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks tramsey. I appreciate your comments.

Mar 1, 2015 10:09:24 #

guts Loc: texas.

Very nice shot.

Mar 1, 2015 12:59:47 #

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

Really nice NC. Good capture on the Meteor.

Mar 1, 2015 20:44:56 #

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

CraigFair wrote:

Really nice NC. Good capture on the Meteor.

Thanks Craig. Got lucky with the meteor. I didn't know I got it until I saw it on the monitor. I'm hoping I can get under the Perseids or Leonids in clear skies this year. Attempting to image those could be fun.

Mar 1, 2015 22:19:35 #

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

northcoast42 wrote:

Yes!!! I look forward to a couple good moonless showers.

Mar 3, 2015 10:44:24 #

skylane5sp Loc: Puyallup, WA

Nice! How far out in the sticks did you go? If you just did this you must've frozen your you-know-what off. Do use something to warm your camera or lens?

Mar 3, 2015 11:12:30 #

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

skylane5sp wrote:

Nice! How far out in the sticks did you go? If you just did this you must've frozen your you-know-what off. Do use something to warm your camera or lens?

Thanks Skylane! I wasn't too far out in the sticks. I found a logging road that opened up into a small clearing. No traffic and no lights, maybe 2 or 3 miles from the Nisqually entrance to the park. I took this last September. A little crisp but not freezing. Whatever temps I'm out in, I try to keep my camera and lenses at the same temp as the environment. For colder weather, I keep an extra battery warm but that's about it.

Mar 3, 2015 22:28:55 #

fuminous Loc: Luling, LA... for now...

This is really neat- clear color, sharp... very nice

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