Hotel California

 

There’s something hauntingly beautiful about The Inn at Death Valley. It always brings to mind the mystique of the Eagles' Hotel California. During my 2022 visit to Furnace Creek, I captured the Milky Way rising in full glory above the oasis and fountain outside the inn.

 

With the desert calm below and the galaxy ablaze above, the scene felt like a dream, where time stands still and the stars whisper, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”

 

EXIF

Canon EOS-R, astro-modified by EOS 4Astro

Sigma 28mm f/1.4 ART

IDAS NBZ filter

iOptron SkyTracker Pro

Sunwayfoto T2840CK tripod

 

Sky:

Stack of 6x 45s @ ISO1600, unfiltered & 3x 105s @ ISO6400, filtered

 

Foreground:

Stack of 5x 4s @ ISO1600

 

Reflection:

Stack of 6x 12s @ ISO6400

Done