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Satellite and Milky Way Over Natural Arch

This was captured last Wednesday morning at 4 am in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

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Natural Arch in Joshua Tree National Park, California

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  1. That's awesome. I was trying to photograph stars in JOTR during clear moonless night, but my results weren't anywhere close to that. There seemed to be so much light pollution from towns to the west, and even distant glow from LA. That's amazing you managed to capture MW with so many details.

  2. +Paweł Zuzelski In most cases there is a lot of light pollution in Joshua Tree with Palm Springs to the south, Twentynine Palms to the north and the town of Joshua Tree to the northwest.  This particular shot faces east, so as long as there aren't clouds overhead to catch the light from the sides, it's not as bad as most.  I bumped up the contrast a bit in Lightroom to help sort out the detail in the Milky Way and darken the background sky.  The big storms 4-7 days earlier probably helped as well, clearing the skies of smog, letting more of the starlight through and removing the junk in the air which would catch and reflect the neighboring light.

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