This is the Zodiacal Light, at dawn, as seen from the Atacama Lodge, San Pedro do Atacama, Chile, on May 6, 2011. The Milky Way is overhead but the Zodiacal Light reaches up from the eastern horizon as a vertical glow visible before dawn at this time of year. Light from the observers flashlights lights up the foreground. This is a stack of two 3-minute exposures at f/2.8 with a 15mm lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800.
Pass of ISS and STS133 Discovery on its last mission. Feb. 27, 2011. Craft disappear at left as they go into the Earth's shadow. Travel was from west to east, here from right to left. Notice the pyramid of light in the west from Zodiacal Light in the evening sky. This pass started at 7:41 pm MST. It is a stack of 2 x 4 minute exposure, at f/4 with Sigma 8mm fish-eye lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Tracked on AP Mach 1 mount. The sky was slightly hazy. Orion and Canis Major are at the bottom above the southern horizon.
The northern autumn Milky Way from Cygnus to Orion, with Gegenschein glow visible below centre in Aries-Taurus area below Milky Way. Unfortunately, some high haze drifting through spoiled the transparency. SHot Nov 6, 2010 with Canon 5DMKII and 8mm Sigma fish-eye lens on Kenko Sky Memo tracker, for stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at f/4 and ISO 1600.
