Colors of the Night Sky - Milky Way at Grand Canyon (Antoine Grelin)

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Colors of the Night Sky - Milky Way at Grand Canyon

Link: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/the-milky-way-astrophotography

Colors of the Night Sky - Milky Way at Grand Canyon

Link: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/the-milky-way-astrophotography

If I had to give this a name, I would call it “The Colors of the Night Sky”

I took this picture under Bortle 1/2 skies at the Grand Canyon South Rim during a clear moonless night earlier this month. The sky is tracked (Single shot - 2 minutes exposure) and the foreground is not tracked (1 minute exposure).

It shows how colorful the night sky really is when doing long exposure photography. Here, we see so much color in the overall sky, Milky Way band, green air glow, and stars. It is especially impressive considering that this was aiming at the opposite side of the bright Summer Milky Way band, and instead towards the faint part of the band. The Andromeda Galaxy is also visible as a nice bonus!

The bright orange light in the horizon is not the sun, it is a small but bright town with a light pollution dome.

Full tutorial page dedicated to Milky Way photography: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/milky-way-tutorials

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