Panoramic of Milky Way and Incahuasi Island
by James Brunker
Title
Panoramic of Milky Way and Incahuasi Island
Artist
James Brunker
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A panoramic shot made of 7 vertical images stitched together of the arch of the Milky Way above giant cacti on Incahuasi Island in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni in south west Bolivia. The green and orange colours in the sky above the 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). The green colour was particularly vivid on a couple of nights on this trip! The cacti have been lit by some light painting with an LED panel.
On the far left of the image you can see the Magellanic Clouds, irregular dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way that can be seen in the southern hemisphere. The lower one is the Large Magellanic Cloud or LMC, above it is the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The glow above the horizon left of centre below the brightest part of the Milky Way is the Zodiacal Light, which is produced by sunlight reflecting off dust particles in the Solar System. It is visible along the ecliptic during the spring and autumn months before dawn or after sunset (which depends whether you are in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere). The mountain on the horizon below the right end of the Milky Way is the Tunupa volcano (5320m / 17,460ft) on the northern side of the Salar.
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, transmission, publication or use in any form without written permission strictly prohibited.
Uploaded
April 21st, 2018
Statistics
Viewed 676 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/24/2024 at 3:35 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Similar Images
Comments (24)
Larry Kniskern
James – I wanted to let you know that your stunning image was a top-ten candidate from 51 initial considerations for selection as the December 2023 "Photo of the Month" in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done! Please feel free to add this gem to the “Candidates for Photo of the Month” discussion thread in the group.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, James – your stunning scene has been selected as a Group Admin’s Pick from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Night Photography contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
James Brunker replied:
Many thanks for selecting this image as a Group Admin’s Pick Larry, appreciated!
James Brunker
Many thanks for featuring this image in the Twinkle Twinkle and the Celestial Sky group Linda!
James Brunker
Many thanks for featuring this image in the Serenity Inspiring Photography group Holly!
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Gray Scale Outdoors” 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.
Jennifer White
Congratulations your beautiful photo has been featured in the Panoramas Group. You are invited to post your featured image in 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.
Rachel Morrison
Love! This is incredible! Amazing colors and desert foreground!
James Brunker replied:
Thank you Rachel, there were some pretty surreal airglow colours on that trip, easier to capture with totally dark skies
Hanne Lore Koehler
WOW, James!!!! Your astrophotography is astromical! So amazing and awe inspiring! L/F
James Brunker replied:
Thank you very much Hanne, we're fortunate to have plenty of very dark skies in this part of the world still!
Wayne Moran
wow, this is crazy freaking amazing my friend.
James Brunker replied:
Thank you Wayne, night skies in the middle of nowhere in Bolivia can be hard to beat!
Recently Viewed
