Desert Night
The view from Scotty's Castle Road in Death Valley National Park at 3am on a windy night in April. The specks of light on the ground are Furnace Creek in the middle of the frame (distance 38 miles / 61 km) and Stovepipe Wells on the right (distance 21 miles / 34 km).
The photo is a stack of 64 eight-second exposures, with an additional six-minute exposure blended in to get more detail in the landscape. The skyglow on the horizon near the left and right edges of the frame is caused by the lights of Las Vegas and Los Angeles. In reality the effect was much stronger than in this picture. A didymium filter on the camera reduced the glow somewhat; most of the rest has been removed digitally.
Desert Night
The view from Scotty's Castle Road in Death Valley National Park at 3am on a windy night in April. The specks of light on the ground are Furnace Creek in the middle of the frame (distance 38 miles / 61 km) and Stovepipe Wells on the right (distance 21 miles / 34 km).
The photo is a stack of 64 eight-second exposures, with an additional six-minute exposure blended in to get more detail in the landscape. The skyglow on the horizon near the left and right edges of the frame is caused by the lights of Las Vegas and Los Angeles. In reality the effect was much stronger than in this picture. A didymium filter on the camera reduced the glow somewhat; most of the rest has been removed digitally.