Milky Way at Quairading, Western Australia

            Nikon d5500
35mm
ISO 4000
f/2.8
Foreground: 30 x 8 seconds
Sky: 38 x 30 seconds
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This is a 68 shot panorama of the Milky Way setting over a small unnamed lake near Quairading, about 2 hours east of Perth in Western Australia.

This is the second panorama I took at this location on this night. I had planned to take just one, which I had begun with a decent breeze blowing but towards the end of that pano the wind died down completely and the lake was full of stars reflected from the sky above. There was no way I wasn't taking advantage of that opportunity :)

Prominent in this image are the Large & Small Magellanic Clouds to the left and the North America Nebula just above the horizon on the far right. The light pollution in the centre is from the Wheatbelt town of Quairading about 5km to the west.
   

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Taken in: Australia / West Coast / Badjaling (show map)

Taken on: September 6, 2021

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