the stars at night are big and bright

[rdking647]

its not deep in the heart of texas though,its from right by the mexican border at big bend national park.

[NV Whino]

1. Beautiful

That's one of the nicest images you've posted… and that's saying a lot.

[rdking647]

2. thanks

[ohheckyeah]

3. That's beautiful. n/t

[mnhtnbb]

4. Lovely!

[BlueJazz]

5. Do you know the exposure time? Stacking?

[rdking647]

6. no stacking

30 sec at f2.8 iso 6400

[BlueJazz]

7. That's impressive!

[Duppers]

8. Wow!

Awesome. Beautiful. One of the best earth/milkyway photos I've ever seen.

[rdking647]

9. another version of the same photo

this time i merged 2 exposures. i took the milkway way from this show along with a way over exposed version to get the mountains with a little detail and merged them.

[Dem_in_Nebr.]

10. Not to be dusrepectful of your talent.

This looks a little bit like "Jaws" coming to get us!!

Great picture none the less,

[packman]

11. God , so jealous of people who get to see these type of things

on a regular basis. I only have seen the Milky Way twice - both times during electrical blackouts.

[erronis]

12. Wherever you live, get thee to the country, away from any city, in August.

Best on a mountain. Best with a nice blanket and friend and food/beverage.

I used to live the DC area and had to go to the Shenandoahs to see anything like stars.

I moved to Vermont and every night (well, clear night) I am overwhelmed by the universe.

[Mz Pip]

13. Beautiful!

This is an incredible shot.

[CrispyQ]

14. That is stunning!

Simply, WOW!

[StarzGuy]

15. Little old us (Earth) is embedded in the Milky Way galaxy that

contains 400 billion stars. Awesome image of the plane of our home.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. that is stunning!

Because I grew up in the country, seeing the Milky Way was just a normal thing. I miss being able to look up and see the sky like that. Big Bend is a great spot for that

[RussBLib]

17. that's one of the darkest areas in the nation

Did you get up to Ft. Davis to visit the McDonald Observatory? They have some pretty cool tours for citizens.

[rdking647]

18. no i didnt

i was at mcdonald a couple of years ago. i was planning on going to a star party there but a dust storm blew in the day i got there and visibility went to crap.

[classof56]

19. Oh, this takes my breath away!

Such splendor! Thanks for posting your awesome photo. My screensaver is the Milky Way over Mt. Rainier in Washington. Haven't seen it for myself in a long, long time. Will save yours as well to double my pleasure!