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Milky Way over Eureka Dunes
Milky Way over Eureka Dunes

A while ago I realized it's possible to align the Milky Way over Eureka Sand Dunes in Death Valley. The best alignment occurs in the early summer, when the Milky Way can stretch vertically over the dunes in the southwest before sunrise while the dunes are illuminated by a small rising moon. Earlier in the season, dawn occurs before the milky way reaches its position over the dunes. Later in the season, it's too hot to hike, and by fall, the milky way is in position at the start of the night, but a moon rising then is nearly full. So my window was small--basically 2ish days per year.

I hiked to Sandy Peak, the lookout point where this was taken, in December, and I returned in June. I carried a star tracker and a 50mm f/1.4 in order to shoot a portrait-orientation photo of the milky way over the dunes, with Mount Whitney between them. Unfortunately clouds blew in during the night, and the sky was obscured when the perfect alignment happened. This is a still frame from timelapse showing the dunes illuminated by the moon just before the stars disappeared from the sky.

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Taken on: June 22, 2022
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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/2.2, 30 sec, 24mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens: SAMYANG AF 24mm F1.8
Aperture: f/2.2
Exposure Time: 30
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 6400
Exposure Bias: +2 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Saturation: Low
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop 23.1 (Windows)
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