June 27, 2018
The Milky Way…
It’s June and it’s prime Milky Way season. The Milky Way raises about sunset and by about 2am the galactic center is vertical in the southern sky. While the Milky Way is there every night, it’s highly susceptible to light pollution with the Moon being the 2nd greatest offender(the Sun being the first). I only made 4 trips out to shoot being somewhat limited by coastal Southern California’s “June Gloom”, and for two of my trips I had a photographic assistant(Madame). Two of these excursions were to familiar locations(Boy Scout Camp Road in Lockwood Valley and Twin Bush on PCH) and two were to new locations(Mt. Pinos’ Nordic Base and a location in the southern portion of Lockwood Valley).
Read MoreIt’s June and it’s prime Milky Way season. The Milky Way raises about sunset and by about 2am the galactic center is vertical in the southern sky. While the Milky Way is there every night, it’s highly susceptible to light pollution with the Moon being the 2nd greatest offender(the Sun being the first). I only made 4 trips out to shoot being somewhat limited by coastal Southern California’s “June Gloom”, and for two of my trips I had a photographic assistant(Madame). Two of these excursions were to familiar locations(Boy Scout Camp Road in Lockwood Valley and Twin Bush on PCH) and two were to new locations(Mt. Pinos’ Nordic Base and a location in the southern portion of Lockwood Valley).
Milky rising at Twin Bush
I had not planned on shooting at Twin Bush. Madame had wanted to see the Milky Way and we were going to drive up to the Boy Scout Camp Road in Lockwood Valley, but there was a fire on the route there and any smoke from the fire would be in the viewing direction of the Milky Way from Lockwood Valley. So we headed to Twin Bush instead. The Milky Way was pretty faint due to haze(and smoke) that made the light pollution a bit worse.
