The beautiful place we live

[Deckerd]

An amateur photographer took a year and 37,440 exposures to capture the Milky Way.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I think I saw the interactive photo about a year ago.

Still cool though and involving a lot of time & patience.

 

[Deckerd]

I wonder how many years it would take to name all the objects that have a name?

 

[Yoda]

I think I can see Sha Ka Ree.

Pretty cool stuff. Gives you that feeling of being an ant trapped on a miserable rock. Even if we ever get out there to explore those wonders I'll be long dead. Kinda depressing!

 

[Jadzia]

Pretty cool stuff. Gives you that feeling of being an ant trapped on a miserable rock. Even if we ever get out there to explore those wonders I'll be long dead. Kinda depressing!

Once you've seen one miserable rock, you've seen them all.

 

[CaptainStoner]

Stunning image. I wonder what those red spirals are? Seeing the perspective with other galaxies in the background is amazing. And the amount of blackness...I'm reminded of macrocosm/microcosm with stuff like this. How most of matter is empty space.
Thanks for posting D.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

The red spirals are most likely nebulae.

Really amazing work. I don't think I've ever seen such a high-detail image of the Milky Way. It's interesting how much of the galactic plane is obscured by dust and debris.

I was just happy I could spot the LMC and SMC without much trouble.

 

[RandyS]

I think I saw the interactive photo about a year ago.

Still cool though and involving a lot of time & patience.

That's one hell of a picture.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

^ And very Google Earth with the zooming.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Very cool. I love how he's got different colours in there such as red, blue and yellow. Done with filters obviously, but very cool.