Apostolic Night
Prior to taking the shot of the sun breaking over the Twelve Apostles that I posted a couple of days ago, I was on the beach at the Gibson Steps photographing another apostle. It's either Gog or Magog - I'm sure somebody will let me know - and it couldn't have been a nicer morning.
Morning? It was pitch black - the sun wouldn't rise for an other couple of hours and the little sliver of a crescent moon was also still an hour away - and the sky was literally heavenly.
On the left of the sea stack is the Milky Way rising. The southern cross is visible to the left of the Coalsack. Directly above the sea stack is the Large Magellanic Cloud and to the right is Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky. The Small Magellanic Cloud is just about visible through that wispy cloud between the sea stack and Canopus.
I could have spent hours watching it.
In fact, I did.
EXIF: 14mm; f2.4; 30secs; ISO1600
Apostolic Night
Prior to taking the shot of the sun breaking over the Twelve Apostles that I posted a couple of days ago, I was on the beach at the Gibson Steps photographing another apostle. It's either Gog or Magog - I'm sure somebody will let me know - and it couldn't have been a nicer morning.
Morning? It was pitch black - the sun wouldn't rise for an other couple of hours and the little sliver of a crescent moon was also still an hour away - and the sky was literally heavenly.
On the left of the sea stack is the Milky Way rising. The southern cross is visible to the left of the Coalsack. Directly above the sea stack is the Large Magellanic Cloud and to the right is Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky. The Small Magellanic Cloud is just about visible through that wispy cloud between the sea stack and Canopus.
I could have spent hours watching it.
In fact, I did.
EXIF: 14mm; f2.4; 30secs; ISO1600