eevy24012
Distant Galaxy
Spent the night up on the rocky pinnacle known as Wilburn Ridge that resides within the Grayson Highlands State Park. This trip was primarily about fall colors, but a nice adornment was the incredible night sky with the absence of moon. I have spent quite a few nights up here over the years and it is very dark and star filled. Our night shooting ended up being highly cramped and limited due to the wind driven moisture that would fog the lens on any exposures more than 30 seconds, so long as we made things pretty quick it was alright.
Looking through my shots I came across this one, and I wasn't very wowed by the comp, but noticed the bright fuzzy blob about 1/2 way up the sky to the right of the Milky Way. That my friends is a galaxy outside of our own. This would be my first time to observe it, and only from the photo, did not know when I took the shot. I think it is Andromeda, there are only a handful that can be seen naked eye from the northern hemisphere.
The night sky and space really blows my mind if I think about it much, and I think that is what it is supposed to do. It is a magnificent display of God's creative power. He knew that someday we would gain the knowledge to see and somewhat comprehend these things so far away from our realm, and it would pretty much end there. We can see this vast distance, but we will never be there in our current plane of existence. I would imagine that we are only seeing and understanding but a small fragment of this unlimited universe.
Distant Galaxy
Spent the night up on the rocky pinnacle known as Wilburn Ridge that resides within the Grayson Highlands State Park. This trip was primarily about fall colors, but a nice adornment was the incredible night sky with the absence of moon. I have spent quite a few nights up here over the years and it is very dark and star filled. Our night shooting ended up being highly cramped and limited due to the wind driven moisture that would fog the lens on any exposures more than 30 seconds, so long as we made things pretty quick it was alright.
Looking through my shots I came across this one, and I wasn't very wowed by the comp, but noticed the bright fuzzy blob about 1/2 way up the sky to the right of the Milky Way. That my friends is a galaxy outside of our own. This would be my first time to observe it, and only from the photo, did not know when I took the shot. I think it is Andromeda, there are only a handful that can be seen naked eye from the northern hemisphere.
The night sky and space really blows my mind if I think about it much, and I think that is what it is supposed to do. It is a magnificent display of God's creative power. He knew that someday we would gain the knowledge to see and somewhat comprehend these things so far away from our realm, and it would pretty much end there. We can see this vast distance, but we will never be there in our current plane of existence. I would imagine that we are only seeing and understanding but a small fragment of this unlimited universe.