Machuca Territory in the high plains of the Atacama Desert, Chile [OC] [2500 x 2500]Submitted by CharlesBrooks t3_10vaia2 in EarthPorn
Jonny7Tenths t1_j7hrnd7 wrote
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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.
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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