A 5-section panorama of Waterton Lakes National Park, around Upper Waterton Lake, looking south from the promontory site of the Prince of Wales Hotel, overlooking the townsite on a dark moonless night, August 31, 2013. Each frame is a 30 second exposure with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Stitched in Photoshop. If there was a case for making Waterton a Dark Sky Preserve, this is it. Unshielded lights illuminate the entire valley and make it impossible to see the stars and Milky Way from the town and Hotel site.
A 9-section 270° panorama of Waterton Lakes, the Upper Lake, looking from north (left) to southwest (right), taken on a very clear night August 31, 2013. Each section is 45-seconds with the 24mm lens at f/2.5 and Canon 5D MkIi at ISO 2500. Stitched in Photoshop.
A panorama of the night sky and Milky Way, from Waterton Lakes National Park, on the Red Rock Canyon Road. The light at left is from the Prince of Wales Hotel and the glow from the townsite. The Big Dipper is at far right. The green at left is from airglow, while the yellow and magenta at right is from light pollution from Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass, and perhaps low-level aurora. This is a 7-section pan with the 24mm lens and Canon 5D MkII each for 30 seconds at f/2.2 and ISO 1600. Stitched in Photoshop.
