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Photography By Jim M. Goldstein

Milky Way Above The Sierra Nevada Mountains

This past week amidst a quick run to photograph the eastern Sierra’s I experienced a moment of true bliss. I didn’t have much time to spare on my trip so I made use of every minute available to me to photograph the eastern Sierra Nevada mountain region. On the road at 1 AM and not stopping until 11 PM, my all day of travel and photography hit its peak at 10 PM when I photographed the Milky Way extending up above the Sierra Nevada mountains near Mono Lake. Although cold, exposed to gusting winds and flying debris I hardly ever noticed as I gazed up and photographed this amazing sight.

Milky Way Above The Sierra Nevada Mountains landscape photo by Jim M. Goldstein
An arm of the Milky Way surrounded by billions of stars
extends up above the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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1. terry chay - October 16, 2007

Sweet!

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2. Richard Wong - October 16, 2007

nice. how long of an exposure did you need to get the stars to show up?

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3. jim - October 16, 2007

Richard this was a 30 second exposure at a higher ISO.

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4. G Dan Mitchell | Photography » OK, I’ve Been Outdone! - October 16, 2007

[...] Read more about his experience in a post at his web site. [...]

5. Pete Langlois - October 16, 2007

Great shot!

Too bad those clouds in the lower left.

Pete

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6. escapista - October 17, 2007

My compliments. A truly wonderful shot…

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7. Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images - October 17, 2007

Awesome shot. I’ve yet to try anything like this. How high of an ISO did you use? I hear some people go all out at 3200.

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8. jim - October 17, 2007

Gary no need to go that high. I’ll have to check but I believe this was ISO 800. Glad you liked it. The next time I’m out in Utah I want to give this type a shot a try. Although there was very little light pollution in the Owens valley there is still some. Utah is much better. Although I like my photo it’s nothing compared to this panoramic taken from Death Valley A Dark Sky Over Death Valley. This is still one of my favorite nature night photos of all time.

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