The Zodiacal Light in the February evening sky, looking west. The northern autumn Milky Way is at right, the Zodiacal Light at left, with Venus about to set and Mars above it. The Andromeda Galaxy is at centre. I shot this from the City of Rocks State Park, south of Silver City, New Mexico. This is a stack of 5 x 2 minute exposures with the 14mm lens at f/2.8 with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, tracked on the Star Adventurer tracker.
A 180° panorama of the winter sky, taken Christmas Eve, 2014 at the City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico, with Orion rising at left and the waxing Moon (overexposed) beside Mars setting at right. Zodiacal Light can be seen behind the Moon at right. High haze and clouds are moving in. This is a 6-segment panorama taken with the Canon 6D and 24mm lens, for 40-second exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 2000. Stitched with Photoshop.
The northern winter constellations setting in the west and the Zodiacal Light in the western evening sky, shot from Chiricahua National Monument, at Massai Point, 6800 feet, in southeastern Arizona, April 29, 2014. Orion is setting at left of centre, and Sirius is at the left edge. The Pleiades are just going down behind the ridge at right, while Aldebaran and the Hyades sit amid the spring evening Zodiacal Light. I shot this as part of a 300-frame day-to-night time-lapse sequence using the Canon 6D and 24mm lens. This is a 30-second exposure at f/4 and ISO 3200.
