A celestial bliss! - a photo on Flickriver

A celestial bliss!

            The best night sky I have ever seen till date. Believe it or not, we are able to see shooting stars while driving at 70+mph!
What a stunning experience it was.
                         We planned to shoot the fall colors but our timing coincided with the the geminid showers and we didn't want to miss it! The night was unbearably cold but the excitement and the billion stars diverted us from this discomfort.
           The tower like deposits of limestone in Monolake is known as Tufas. They form a good foreground element to the milky way. And along with them, I wanted to capture the meteorites as well. I did capture the geminids in multiple frames, but they were mostly half out of the frame! 14mm wasn't wide enough and I missed many few by seconds! During the peak time we witnessed more than 12 shooting in stars in less than half hr! It was a stunning experience!
   

Taken on: October 21, 2017

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