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.
An arm of the Milky Way surrounded by billions of stars
extends up above the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Sweet!
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nice. how long of an exposure did you need to get the stars to show up?
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Richard this was a 30 second exposure at a higher ISO.
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Great shot!
Too bad those clouds in the lower left.
Pete
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My compliments. A truly wonderful shot…
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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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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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