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CharlesBrooks OP t1_j7gaicb wrote

About 2 hours north of San Pedro de Atacama is Machuca Territory.
The tribe that live here are the only that haven't sold their water rights to the giant mining companies. The result is a literal oasis full of flamingos, cacti, rivers, salt plains, geysers, and astonishing night views like this....

photo is made of 2 frames

60 seconds tracked for the stars (ISO 2000, f/3, 60 seconds)
60 seconds untracked for the land (ISO 5000, f/5.6, 60 seconds)

Lumix S5
Lumix 24-70 pro
Benro Polaris

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Jonny7Tenths t1_j7hrnd7 wrote

That is amazing. I'm completely new to astrophotography but I see everything from satellite tracks to hydrogen nebulae. Can you provide a little more detail on how you captured so much in a single 60 second expose of the sky? Cheers.

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CharlesBrooks OP t1_j7i0uf3 wrote

Two things - first the sky was tracked with a benro Polaris, that's why I don't have star trails.

Second - this is one of the darkest places on earth. No light pollution for hundreds of miles. I'm also at an altitude of around 4000 meters so there's little atmosphere to shoot through, and the atmosphere is bone dry. This is why some of the world's largest observatories are in this region.

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gh0rard1m71 t1_j7iq1lc wrote

I'm going there December but unfortunately milky way is not visible in December ☹️

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CharlesBrooks OP t1_j7ju7rf wrote

There are still plenty of visible stars, just not the galactic core. You can still get wonderful night photos at this time.

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