The Milky way at Mercedes

[luigi]

Hi All!

Mercedes is a town 100km away from Buenos Aires, it has a nice observatory and much cleaner skies than heavily polluted Buenos Aires. Last time I went there I took this WA image of the southern milky way over a corn field:

http://www.luisargerich.com/night/h13d77dc1#h13d77dc1
(Click it to see larger in dim the lights mode)

It shows alpha & beta centauri, crux, the coalsack nebula and the Magellan clouds on the right side.

Taken with a Canon 5DII and a 17-40F4 lens fixed tripod, single exposure.

Cheers!
Luis

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work Luis, I like the foreground!

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

Foreground makes it creepy for me, keep expecting a big eyed alien to come out of it saying "Why are you watching us".

[TrevorW]

Pleasant viewable composure

[luigi]

Thanks for the comments!

[malp (Malcolm)]

Lovely image Luis, and some cracking shots on your website.