It was always there, just hidden until now by the bright moon, storm clouds, and wildfire haze. Last night (27 July) was mostly clear with only a few clouds drifting by near the horizon. The measured sky brightness at 10 pm was sqml=21.55, which is respectably dark.
The following images were obtained with an Olympus E-M5iii camera and 17mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 1600, 60 s.
The core of the Milky Way looms over the southern flank of Snowshow Mountain:
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| no filter |
A diffusion filter helps to emphasize the relative brightness of individual stars and better reveals the constellation patterns:
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| Hoya Softon filter |
A slightly different composition includes the glow of interior lights from neighborhood cabins and some distant clouds on the horizon lit up by heat lightning.
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| Hoya Sparkle-6 filter |
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