Milky Way over the Devils Marbles

in #photofeed5 years ago

We have clocked over 10,000 km (~6200 miles) on our outback road trip now with a little over 1,000 km to go. It has been interesting to watch the landscapes change over the months as we moved across coastal rainforest and tropical savanna in Queensland and then crossed the Northern Territory through scrub lands that give way to the beautiful semi monsoonal desert country around the red center with its iconic red rocks and desert oaks. We have since pushed on into the incredibly desolate nothingness of northern South Australia with its rocky moonscapes and sand dunes, suffering though some crazy desert dust storms with super intense winds that blasted sand into everything and made life quite unbearable.

This shot was taken almost a month ago of the Milky Way rising over some of the Devils Marbles in the Northern Territory. I had forgotten how amazingly bright the Southern stars were in outback Australia. It was taken using a Samyang 14mm f2.4 and is a stack of about nine shots to reduce noise and bring out the individual star colours.

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Robert Downie
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I think a good picture should count for a thousand words ;)

I love the framing of this photo. The boulder silhouettes are like monolithic guardians standing watch.

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What an awesome shot wow it looks mesmerising must be insane to see in real life

Thanks mate; sad that most people never see the night sky due to light pollution

Nice dude! Sounds like such an interesting trip. Great picture too, those stars are poppin'.

Thanks mate; million photos to edit but no time lol

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Wow. Beautiful. The stars really are amazing when you get away from all the light pollution, hey?

They are; very sad that this view which has been with us since humanity started is now lost to most of the worlds inhabitants.

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Incredible photo! Absolutely stunning man!