Milky way in the West.

[scopemankit]

This picture was taken By Malcolm Cerfonteyn at the Cederberg Observatory, Sunday 26 June at 06:00 hrs.

The moon had just risen and was enough to light up the western horizon features and Sneeuberg (Snow Mountain), with a dusting of snow, but not too bright to overwhelm the Milky Way in this Dslr 30sec exposure.

(Malcolm is a part owner of the Cederbeg Observatory).

[Mighty_oz]

Very nice like the contrast.

[leon]

Yea I agree, lovely image Chris, well done.

Leon

[CometGuy]

Agree, beautiful image. Love the snow topped mountains in the background.

Terry

[scopemankit]

Oz, Leon & Terry, thanks for your kind remarks.
Clear skies.

[astronobob]

Wow, That Is Nice ! !

[multiweb]

This is soo coool! The foreground mountain gives a whole new scale to the milky way in the back not unlike when the moon appears huge next to the horizon line. There is a huge sense of 3D depth and distance. Inspirational. :bowdown:

[iceman]

Stunning! Malcolm is very talented.

[scopemankit]

Thanks Bob, Mark & Mike.