Zodiacal Light & Milky Way
Taken by Alan Dyer on January 16, 2015 @
City of Rocks State Park, NM
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Date Taken: 2015:01:17 00:02:14
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I took the opportunity Friday night to shoot a 360° panorama of the New Mexico desert sky, taking in the brilliant Zodiacal Light in the west and the Milky Way arching across the heavens in the east. Comet Lovejoy was near the zenith. With the Moon out of the way, the evening sky reveals the Zodiacal Light very well now, a skyglow caused by sunlight reflecting off cometary and meteoric dust particles in the inner solar system. Comet Lovejoy is now positioned at the apex of the pyramid of light created by the Zodiacal Light.
These two projections, in circular and equirectangular formats, are from the same 8 frames, each shot for 1 minute at ISO 3200 with a 15mm lens and Canon 6D camera in portrait orientation. The segments are spaced at 45° intervals, creating a complete 360° scene stitched together with PTGui software. I shot the scene from the City of Rocks State Park in New Mexico.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.net
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