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webemufalls.jpg "Emu Falls" In Australian Indigenous culture the dark dust lanes within the band of the Milky Way form an Emu with the head located near the Southern Cross (top right of image) and then the neck running down to the body and legs within the central bulge of the Milky Way. P...

"IRIS" The setting Moon lights up the landscape as an Aurora Australis display dances on the horizon and The Milky Way stretches overhead. Aurora Australis are exactly the same as The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis but they are less commonly observed as there is very little landmass in...

I'm not sure why I didn't see your location post, Greg (didn't update my browser cache, I suppose), but that seems to confirm what I thought -- I guessed you were about 25 miles west of where you actually were -- and the time and type of plane fits the Darwin flight into Melbourne, Virgin Aus 1464 ...

Ok. Some more information: Imaging location Latitude: -36.31877 Longitude: 146.08490 Someone asked about equipment used or focal length: From original post on the forum- Canon 60D (Prime Focus) 10inch F/4 Newtonian Telescope NEQ6 Pro Goto Telescope Mount set on Lunar Tracking ISO 100 Single 1/200th ...

Thank you so much for featuring my image as todays APOD. Achieving an APOD has been a big life goal of mine. I am incredibly humbled and grateful for the support of my work. :D Will be watching this thread with interest on the hunt for the plane (I don't know which or what flight it was either at th...

Hello all, No matter how much you plan and prepare, sometimes you just have to be very lucky. I had my camera imaging The Moon and Jupiter occultation through my telescope at about 10 second intervals when I noticed the lights from a plane close to the moon. I realised that there was a chance that i...

Hi All, "A Window To My Soul" http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=130615&d=1358551900 Lookout at "The Horn" Mt Buffalo National Park, Australia Interior of the hut was gently light painted with a headlamp during the single exposure. ________________...

Hi all, "Room With A View" http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=129882&d=1357638878 View from the lookout up on top of Mt Buffalo National Park in Australia. At the top of the image is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) which...

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=129428&d=1357189197 "Moonrise" This is what happens when the moon is about to rise on the horizon and a bit of cloud is in the perfect spot. ___________________________________ ____________ My Website http://www.capturingt...

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=128692&d=1356147865 "Pioneering Spirit" Wallaces Hut, Alpine National Park, Australia Orion The Hunter with his two faithful dogs by his side watches over Taurus The Bull. Wallaces Hut was built in 1889 and is the oldest s...

9 vertical images panorama showing Aurora Australis, The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and The Milky Way.

Aurora Australis and The Milky Way from Australia, 9th of October

"Beam Me Up"

Dark skies + long exposure + head torch on a string = fun under the stars.
Single 30 second exposure

"The Sentinel"
Balancing boulders. Over 180 degree panorama made from 15 vertical images.

"The Hanging Gardens"
10 panel 180 degree vertical panorama. Landscape lit from the light of a quarter moon.