瀑布与银河

2021年11月01日

A Waterfall and the Milky Way
Image Credit & Copyright: Xie Jie

Explanation: The dream was to capture both the waterfall and the Milky Way together. Difficulties included finding a good camera location, artificially illuminating the waterfall and the surrounding valley effectively, capturing the entire scene with numerous foreground and background shots, worrying that fireflies would be too distracting, keeping the camera dry, and avoiding stepping on a poisonous snake. Behold the result — captured after midnight in mid-July and digitally stitched into a wide-angle panorama. The waterfall is the picturesque Zhulian waterfall in the Luoxiao Mountains in eastern Hunan Province, China. The central band of our Milky Way Galaxy crosses the sky and shows numerous dark dust filaments and colorful nebulas. Bright stars dot the sky — all residing in the nearby Milky Way — including the Summer Triangle with bright Vega visible above the Milky Way’s arch. After capturing all 78 component exposures for you to enjoy, the photographer and friends enjoyed the view themselves for the rest of the night.

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瀑布与银河
影像提供与版权: Xie Jie

说明: 愿望是让瀑布和银河同时入镜。然而，要面对的困难重重，其中包括到那找个好地点、如何为瀑布和周围的山谷打光、如何取得记录整个景象前景与背景的诸多照片、烦心萤火虫会太抢镜头、该如何保持相机干燥、以及留心别踩到毒蛇。最后的成果是…这幅摄于7月中某子夜之后、经过数位并接的广角全景影像。影像中的瀑布，是位于中国东部罗霄山脉的珠帘瀑布。而横贯天际的银河系中央盘面上，则散布着许多丝状的黝黑尘埃和色彩缤纷的星云。视野里包括夏三角在内的亮星，都近在银河之内，其中明亮的织女位于银河拱上方。在拍下了78张用以组成这幅美丽影像的照片之后，摄影者和他的朋友共赏这片美景直到天明。

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明日的图片: three supernovas four