Alexis Birkill Photography
Intergalactic Travel
This is another shot from Sunday night/Monday morning -- no meteor in this one, and not as impressive a photo overall, but I thought it was worth processing. This structure was part of the ferry terminal at Porteau Cove Provincial Park, and looked like it could make an interesting foreground, so I pointed my lens directly up and took a shot. To me, the result looks as though it might have been taken from the bridge of a spacecraft travelling between galaxies... (Or maybe I've been reading too much sci-fi!)
The bright star almost directly above the spire is Deneb, part of the constellation Cygnus and the 19th brightest star in the sky. The bright star about a third of the way down and a third of the way from the right is Vega, part of the constellation Lyra and the 5th brightest star in the sky. The slightly 'smudged' point at the far left, a third of the way down is the Andromeda Galaxy, estimated to contain one trillion stars.
Intergalactic Travel
This is another shot from Sunday night/Monday morning -- no meteor in this one, and not as impressive a photo overall, but I thought it was worth processing. This structure was part of the ferry terminal at Porteau Cove Provincial Park, and looked like it could make an interesting foreground, so I pointed my lens directly up and took a shot. To me, the result looks as though it might have been taken from the bridge of a spacecraft travelling between galaxies... (Or maybe I've been reading too much sci-fi!)
The bright star almost directly above the spire is Deneb, part of the constellation Cygnus and the 19th brightest star in the sky. The bright star about a third of the way down and a third of the way from the right is Vega, part of the constellation Lyra and the 5th brightest star in the sky. The slightly 'smudged' point at the far left, a third of the way down is the Andromeda Galaxy, estimated to contain one trillion stars.