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Milky Way over the Balancing Rock - Point Peron, Western Australia

Nikon d5100

35mm

f1.8

ISO 4000

17 x 13s

 

Point Peron is the most westerly point in the Perth metropolitan area. Situated near Rockingham, approximately 38km south of the Perth CBD, it's a headland known for its rock formations and reefs with several small beaches. Despite being away from the worst of the city's light pollution it still suffers more than other locations I've been to around the city, in fact it has the worst light pollution of any location I have photographed (between 21.5 & 21.2 mpss). Thankfully I was facing directly west, towards the Indian Ocean where the light pollution drops off dramatically.

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Uploaded on September 13, 2015
Taken on September 8, 2015