14 years ago, I had just learned that we could photograph the depths of the Universe with a simple SLR camera.
14 years later, this wonder is intact.

A few meters before arriving at the Col du Lautaret, a legendary pass located in the French Alps, we have this breathtaking view of the Meije massif.
The reddish areas in the sky correspond either to diffuse nebulae (place of star birth) or to remnants of supernovae (remains of dead stars).

These stars are, for the most part, invisible to the naked eye because they emit their light in alpha hydrogen, a wavelength invisible to the human eye because they simply do not have the right receptors.
A camera captures part of this length, making the invisible visible.

Photograph taken with a Sony A7S equipped with an 85mm f/1.4 photo lens from Samyang on tripod. No equatorial mounts, filters or stacking were used.

During the evening of February 3, I had the pleasure of sharing my passion with a few students.
The latter came to train to take their first night photographs and immerse themselves in my world.

We finished the session around 11:30 p.m. The conditions were very good and I was motivated to go to the area around the Col du Lautaret.
The Col du Lautaret is an exceptional geological and floral crossroads (in fact, I invite you to go to the Jardin du Lautaret!).

A few days earlier, I had gone there to refine my location and my precise position in order to obtain a very precise alignment between the starry winter sky as well as the indomitable Meije massif.
In order to obtain this imposing rendering, the use of a focal length of 85mm f/1.4 from Samyang France as well as a distance quite far from the mountains were necessary.
This optic allows us to reveal a whole bunch of details and unsuspected stars above our heads, even with simple exposures of 3.2 seconds.

The idea for this composition had been in mind for quite a while; I thank myself for giving myself the means to get there.