Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Milky Way over the Sawtooth Mountains (Central Idaho), Jim Matzger
Milky Way over the Sawtooth Mountains (Central Idaho)
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Milky Way over the Sawtooth Mountains (Central Idaho)

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Milky Way over the Sawtooth Mountains (Central Idaho), Jim Matzger
Milky Way over the Sawtooth Mountains (Central Idaho)
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Milky Way over the Sawtooth Mountains (Central Idaho)

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My wife and I took about a month to tour Idaho and planned to be at Redfish Lake in Central Idaho around the time of the New Moon in September.  I had thought about taking a Milky Way image at the Redfish Lodge overlooking the lake, but the ambient light made it less interesting.  I found a field just outside the Lodge area that seemed to encompass the Sawtooth Mountain view that would be most attractive.  In this image you can see some of the light from the lodge in the center of the picture.  I took many sub images, but with cars coming and going a number of them were useless.  I ended up with two four minute surface shots that were merged and 13 four minute sky shots that were merged.  Luckily, there were no bears that made their presence known after Sunset.

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Milky Way over the Sawtooth Mountains (Central Idaho), Jim Matzger