Milky Way Photo from Down East Maine

[Dollythehun]

Ditto here, Cheri. Between the trees and the light pollution, we can even see the big dipper anymore. Beautiful Bayard, a breath of fresh air!

[Keysguy]

Bayard.......in the other picture with the red rocks in the foreground, is that a filter making the rocks have that color?

[Bayard]

Keysguy - it’s not a filter. I accidentally tuned on my red headlight during the shot!

[Tindomul]

Oh wow!!!! That is spectacular!!!

[Keysguy]

Originally Posted by Bayard

Keysguy - it’s not a filter. I accidentally tuned on my red headlight during the shot!

LOL!!!!! Well it worked!

[camille1585]

Fantastic photo!! Here in the Netherlands it is so densely populated that other than in provinces far north, the light pollution makes it impossible to see all but the brightest stars… We go on vacation on the coast of Brittany in France every summer and the night skies are fantastic. I’ve made some nice seascape-Milky Way photos there. Unfortunately I don’t see the red foreground photo that Keysguy mentions. Have you ever tried intentionally lighting up the foreground in long exposure night shots? Light painting can be a fantastic technique to highlight interesting scene elements.

[WaterWitchin]

I just wanna go camp there for awhile. Amazing, and gracias for the view!

[My Green Pets]

I have been looking at Jupiter and Saturn every night for several months now. I had no idea the Milky Way was right behind them!!! Thank you!!

[Mountaineer370]

Originally Posted by My Green Pets

I have been looking at Jupiter and Saturn every night for several months now. I had no idea the Milky Way was right behind them!!! Thank you!!

Beautiful, aren't they! Jupiter and Saturn are still well-positioned in the southern part of the sky for most of us in the US or similar latitudes. They can be picked out right after dusk and can be seen until late at night. Mars rises a little later, but if you're outside at the right time, you will see all three of them in the sky. And if you're out sometime around 5 a.m. to dawn, that extremely bright "star" in the east is Venus. Uranus and Neptune can also be seen, but only with the aid of a telescope. The other four are easy to see, even in light-polluted skies (except for maybe Saturn).

Aside from orchids, astronomy is one of my hobbies. I guess I just love natural things, be they earth-bound or out there in our amazing universe.

WaterWitchin, I, too, am inspired by Bayard's photo to go camping in Maine! It's been much too long. We went there for our honeymoon, and I won't say how long ago that was.

[Bayard]

camille1585 - Keysguy was looking at another shot on my photobucket link. I have yet to try light painting, but it’s coming...