The northern winter Milky Way setting into the west with the Zodiacal Light at right. Taken from the Painted Pony Resort, New Mexico, March 10, 2013. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute tracked exposures with the Samyang 14mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Used iOptron SkyTracker. The ground is from one exposure only.
The International Space Station performs a pass low across the southern sky on February 10, 2013, with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield on board. This is a stack of 2 4-minute exposures, one with the ISS -- that one was used for the foreground. The second exposure has the foreground masked out to minimize blurring but helps smooth noise in the sky. Taken with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 15mm lens at f/3.5.
The Zodiacal Light in the evening western sky, from the northern hemisphere, on a snowy February evening under very clear skies. Taken from home in rural Alberta, with the Canon 15mm lens and Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 800 for a stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures at f/3.5, though the ground is from just one exposure. Taken from southern Alberta, Canada.
