Beneath the Milky Way
I captured this photo during my ascent to Huascarán (6768m), taken from the base camp at around 4500 m altitude with my Sony a6500. The nights up there in the Cordillera are usually cloaked in deep darkness—but in this case, the distant villages in the valley shimmer into view, softly glowing beneath the stars.
On this particular night, the sky revealed itself with a clarity I had rarely seen. The core of the Milky Way, visible from the Southern Hemisphere, stretched across the heavens—strangely close, almost within reach, and yet unfathomably distant.
This image is a stack of 8 sub-exposures, each 30 seconds long. I wanted to include not only the brilliance of the stars but also the subtle light of human presence far below—tiny clusters of warmth flickering quietly against the vastness of night. Their gentle glow stands in contrast to the cold immensity of the galaxy above, which itself is merely a speck in the boundless universe.
I chose the coloring intentionally to evoke a slightly eerie, almost haunting feeling—a sense of awe and humility that overtakes you when you stand in complete stillness beneath billions of stars.
The bright river of the Milky Way cuts a vertical path through the sky, framed by dark dust clouds and golden nebulas that seem almost alive. Below, the valley lights stretch faintly through the mist—reminders of how small we are, even in the comfort of our own illuminated worlds.
Beneath the Milky Way
I captured this photo during my ascent to Huascarán (6768m), taken from the base camp at around 4500 m altitude with my Sony a6500. The nights up there in the Cordillera are usually cloaked in deep darkness—but in this case, the distant villages in the valley shimmer into view, softly glowing beneath the stars.
On this particular night, the sky revealed itself with a clarity I had rarely seen. The core of the Milky Way, visible from the Southern Hemisphere, stretched across the heavens—strangely close, almost within reach, and yet unfathomably distant.
This image is a stack of 8 sub-exposures, each 30 seconds long. I wanted to include not only the brilliance of the stars but also the subtle light of human presence far below—tiny clusters of warmth flickering quietly against the vastness of night. Their gentle glow stands in contrast to the cold immensity of the galaxy above, which itself is merely a speck in the boundless universe.
I chose the coloring intentionally to evoke a slightly eerie, almost haunting feeling—a sense of awe and humility that overtakes you when you stand in complete stillness beneath billions of stars.
The bright river of the Milky Way cuts a vertical path through the sky, framed by dark dust clouds and golden nebulas that seem almost alive. Below, the valley lights stretch faintly through the mist—reminders of how small we are, even in the comfort of our own illuminated worlds.