Stone Tree (Árbol de Piedra) to the Vast Milky Way

            And, constant stars, in them I read such art
As truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert;
Or else of thee this I prognosticate:
Thy end is truth’s and beauty’s doom and date.
(from William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 14)

Deep in the Andean altiplano a wind and water sculpted stone tree (Árbol de Piedra) reaches to the dark sky filled with stars, including the Milky Way, the Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, as well as the planet Jupiter. This was by far the darkest sky I have ever seen, far away from any human settlements at 15,000 ft/ 4600 m in the dry atmosphere of the Andes.

The image is a compilation of 13 shots, one for the light painted Árbol de Piedra, and a stack of 12 images (15 secs at iso 6400) of the sky to minimize noise.
   

Taken in: Chile / Antofagasta / Caspana (show map)

Taken on: March 28, 2018

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Milky Way

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Camera: Nikon D800, f/8.0, 154 sec, 14mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	154
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	-2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.4 (Macintosh)
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