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Time-lapse night sky

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Time-lapse night sky

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Music composed for sequence by ambient music maestro Alexander Hawkins https://soundcloud.com/alexandershawkins

Time-lapse following the Milky Way from the start of astronomical darkness to sunrise. This was taken over three nights from the same location on Vancouver Island, Canada. A dark Class 2 site with seeing slightly affected by smoke from forest fires and summer heat. I shot RAW files with an intervalometer at various focal lengths and exposures, roughly sticking to the '500 Rule' where 500 divided by focal length = exposure time. There were bears and cougars in the forest and I was armed with bear spray just in case - not an issue I face back home in London! Thank you to my wife who joined me sleeping on reclined seats in the back of the car and then came back for two more nights.

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Time-lapse night sky, Jeremy Phillips FRAS