Milky Way Worship
by James Brunker
Title
Milky Way Worship
Artist
James Brunker
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A person (actually a rare selfie!) standing under the Milky Way's Galactic Centre, taken on Incahuasi Island in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni in south west Bolivia. The colours in the sky above the left horizon are airglow or nightglow, caused by various processes in the upper atmosphere (including cosmic radiation, ionization of atoms by the sun's radiation and others). If you look closely you can see a small shooting star about half way between my head and the Milky Way, very lucky!!
The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, covering 10,582 square km / 4,086 square miles. The forked cactus is an Echinopsis atacamensis (pasacana subspecies). They grow in Bolivia and northern Argentina and are common in the region. In the cold dry climate they only grow at approx 1cm a year, the tallest are well over 10m high......
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, transmission or use in any form (print, website, etc) without prior written permission strictly prohibited.
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December 29th, 2017
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Comments (4)
Michael Hoard
Greetings James, as the saying goes "home is where the heart is" in this instance the vast cosmos. This is such a magnificent and masterful time exposure capture. It moves my inner spirit and wonder. Superior !!! L, Fav, Cheers, Michael Hoard
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “Long Exposure and Night Photography ” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
James Brunker replied:
Many thanks for featuring this image in the Long Exposure and Night Photography group Allan!
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