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The Serpent of Eridanus [Explored]

            In ancient Greek mythology, Phaethon, the son of Sun God Helios, begged his father to let him ride the sun chariot. Helios urged him to be cautious, but Phaeton lost control of the chariot and veered so wildly in different directions that both heaven and earth caught fire. Zeus brought an end to the ordeal, striking Phaethon with a thunderbolt, killing him instantly and having his smoldering body crash down into the river Eridanus. 

There is no mention of a sea serpent living in Eridanus, but one can very well imagine such a creature roaming the waters of the mythological river at the end of the world. 

My image is a tribute to the story above: The sea serpent of @ricardo.breceda_metal.artist in Borrego Springs can be seen under the extremely elusive, blood red Eridanus Loop, while the heavens on the left are on fire with the better known hydrogen nebulae of the Winter Milky Way and Orion. Jupiter, the Roman counterpart of Zeus, fittingly dominates the sky above the heavenly Eridanus, and the ghost of Phaethon makes a faint appearance in the form of the Gegenschein in the upper right corner of the image.

EXIF 
Canon EOS-R, astro-modified 
Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART @ f/2
IDAS NBZ filter 
iOptron SkyTracker Pro 

Sky:
Panorama of 3 panels, each a stack of 10x 30s @ ISO800, unfiltered & 3x 90s @ ISO3200, filtered 

Foreground:
Focus stack of 5x 1/4s @ ISO100 during blue hour
   

Taken on: October 15, 2023

Tags:

Borrego Springs

Sculptures

Milchstrasse

Astrophotography

Astronomy

Greek Mythology

Nightscape

Stacking

Canon

Canon EOS R

Astro-Modified

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Sets appears in: • Nachtlandschaft • explored more » • Milky Way • Astronomy « less

Groups appears in: • After Dark - Night Photography • Into the Night Photography more » • Apod GrAG Submission • APOD by Astronomia.com Submissions « less

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