A 360° panorama and from horizon to zenith of the southern sky and Milky Way from Smoky Cape and the grounds of the Lighthouse a
A 360° panorama and from horizon to zenith of the southern sky and Milky Way from Smoky Cape and the grounds of the Lighthouse and Cottages. The Dark Emu in Crux and Centaurus is rising at left, while Canis Major and Sirius are setting right of center. The Magellanic Clouds are left of centre. The evening Zodiacal Light is visible arching up from the west at right, with Jupiter the bright object in the Zodiacal Band at right. The Lighthouse itself is just behind the trees on the hill at left and is ouf of sight though its beams are lighting the sky above the trees. Other sky colouration comes from light pollution and from airglow. I like the way the arch of the Milky Way mirrors the arch in the trees on the hillside sweeping down to the beach. I stayed for four nights in the cottage at right, and the dark window in the room at right was mine. The panorama is a stitch of 9 segments, each shot with the 15mm full-frame fish-eye lens in portrait orientation, and at with the Canon 6D at ISO 3200. All exposures 1 minute, untracked on a tripod. Stitched in PTGui using equirectangular projection.
Size: 5400px × 1698px
Location: Smoky Cape and the grounds of the Lighthouse and Cottages
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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