Milky Way Above High Sierras Lake

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tom
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Milky Way Above High Sierras Lake

Post by tom » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:20 am

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Shot at Barney Lake near Bridgeport, CA, August 28, 2008.

Canon 350D
ISO 1600
Single Exposure: 45s
EF-S 10-22@10mm

I also put together a timelapse movie from the 575 RAW frames I shot that night.

720p video link....

http://www.timescapes.org/lakestars.mov

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Re: Milky Way Above High Sierras Lake

Post by iamlucky13 » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:30 pm

I have to say, the video animation simply left me speechless. APOD occasionally has run video clips, and that would be a great one.
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Re: Milky Way Above High Sierras Lake

Post by interstellaryeller » Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:57 am

Was this photo a time exposure? Or stacked? Because the stars are not trailing in the reflection off the water.

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Re: Milky Way Above High Sierras Lake

Post by neufer » Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:23 am

interstellaryeller wrote:Was this photo a time exposure? Or stacked?
Because the stars are not trailing in the reflection off the water.
Compare with: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080729.html
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