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Alien World
During my astrophotography trip to the Canary Islands the Tajinaste rojo were in full bloom.
Standing between these strange looking flowers in the barren volcanic landscape of the Las Cañadas caldera and seeing the starfilled sky unfold above me, evoked a feeling of being in a completely alien world. One of the spots that almost gave me goosebumps was this sloping hill, where the terrain nicely matches the angle of the rising Milky Way.
As a Swiss national I found it interesting to learn that the scientific name of the Tajinaste (Echium wildpretii), honours the 19th century Swiss botanist Hermann Josef Wildpret, who was head gardener of the famous botanical garden Jardin de Aclimatación de la Orotava (also called Botánico for short) near Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife.
EXIF
Canon EOS Ra
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Low Level Lighting
Sky:
7 x 60s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Focus stack of 4 x 15s @ ISO1600 during twilight
Alien World
During my astrophotography trip to the Canary Islands the Tajinaste rojo were in full bloom.
Standing between these strange looking flowers in the barren volcanic landscape of the Las Cañadas caldera and seeing the starfilled sky unfold above me, evoked a feeling of being in a completely alien world. One of the spots that almost gave me goosebumps was this sloping hill, where the terrain nicely matches the angle of the rising Milky Way.
As a Swiss national I found it interesting to learn that the scientific name of the Tajinaste (Echium wildpretii), honours the 19th century Swiss botanist Hermann Josef Wildpret, who was head gardener of the famous botanical garden Jardin de Aclimatación de la Orotava (also called Botánico for short) near Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife.
EXIF
Canon EOS Ra
Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 @ 15mm
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Low Level Lighting
Sky:
7 x 60s @ ISO1600, tracked
Foreground:
Focus stack of 4 x 15s @ ISO1600 during twilight