September 26, 2018
Meteors
The starman has been out and about, seeking out the darkest places in Southern California. The Perseids(meteor shower) occurred in early August and peaked on August 13th. They’re caused by a cloud of dust left by comet Swift-Tuttle that the Earth passes though late July and early August each year. So what better opportunity to capture the Milky Way and a meteor in the same shot. I shot at some familiar places(Lockwood Valley and Arroyo Hondo) and a new and very dark place(Amboy Crater).
Read MoreThe starman has been out and about, seeking out the darkest places in Southern California. The Perseids(meteor shower) occurred in early August and peaked on August 13th. They’re caused by a cloud of dust left by comet Swift-Tuttle that the Earth passes though late July and early August each year. So what better opportunity to capture the Milky Way and a meteor in the same shot. I shot at some familiar places(Lockwood Valley and Arroyo Hondo) and a new and very dark place(Amboy Crater).
Milky Way on Grande Valley Rd.(Lockwood Valley).
I really enjoy this location in the southern edge of Lockwood Valley, it’s got a simple but attractive foreground with the trees and mountains and it still affords a nice view of the Milky Way. I got up there while the moon was still out and that produced enough light for some nice foreground shots. This shot is actually a panorama of the Milky Way since I was using the 16mm lens on my NX1, shooting the bottom portion of the galactic center first and the moved the camera up to shoot the upper portion. These photos were not taken with the skytracker nor were they stacked(combining multiple exposures of the same scene to reduce noise and increase clarity).
