Reverence
Milky Way arch above the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (Toroweap overlook, north rim). This is a composite of three images taken in 2019, 2022, and 2025. The "selfie" standing near the edge was taken on my first visit to Toroweap in 2019. The foreground was taken, from the same location, in nautical twilight during an overnight excursion in 2022, but the night sky was clouded over. Returning in 2025, at last the starry sky and the Milky Way arch were on unimpeded display, just two days before a new moon. The sky is a single row panorama taken with Canon R5 and RF 20 mm F/1.4L VCM, tracked 2-minute exposures, ISO 640, f/2. The three images were stitched, blended and processed in Photoshop.
My reticence over compiling a composite image such as this, from three different visits, is tempered by the knowledge that the starlight captured in the sky was emitted up to about 80,000 years ago for the most distant of the stars. The composite provides a nice remembrance of my three trips to this stunning location.
Thought of the late, great Alyn Wallace while capturing the night sky.
Reverence
Milky Way arch above the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (Toroweap overlook, north rim). This is a composite of three images taken in 2019, 2022, and 2025. The "selfie" standing near the edge was taken on my first visit to Toroweap in 2019. The foreground was taken, from the same location, in nautical twilight during an overnight excursion in 2022, but the night sky was clouded over. Returning in 2025, at last the starry sky and the Milky Way arch were on unimpeded display, just two days before a new moon. The sky is a single row panorama taken with Canon R5 and RF 20 mm F/1.4L VCM, tracked 2-minute exposures, ISO 640, f/2. The three images were stitched, blended and processed in Photoshop.
My reticence over compiling a composite image such as this, from three different visits, is tempered by the knowledge that the starlight captured in the sky was emitted up to about 80,000 years ago for the most distant of the stars. The composite provides a nice remembrance of my three trips to this stunning location.
Thought of the late, great Alyn Wallace while capturing the night sky.