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Grand Teton National Park

I photographed the Milky Way! For a slight pedantic digression: we are in the Milky Way. So, in a way, every photograph that we take that is not done by astronomers is pretty much guaranteed to be of the Milky Way. All the same, this is a view of the rest of the Milky Way as captured within the constraints of a single camera on Earth. It does not compare to some of the amazing photographs I’ve seen online. The moon was still out and overwhelms the more distant stars. But I still managed to get Grand Teton in the background so it is amazing, and I can go to sleep, happy.

The Grand Tetons peak out behind the trees and brush of Signal Mountain. A nearly full moon casts a gradient across the sky washing out the stars from the left.
The Grand Tetons peak out behind the trees and brush of Signal Mountain. A nearly full moon casts a gradient across the sky washing out the stars from the left.

View of Tetons National Park from the ridge of Signal Hill. This is shot at midnight but the exposure is long enough that it almost looks like it could be dusk.
My first milky way shot. While a little blurry and suffering from some noise, it’s a step in the right direction. The presence of a near full moon didn’t help.
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