A 200+ degree panorama of the arch of the winter Milky Way, from south (left) to northwest (ar right) with the Zodiacal Light to the west at centre. This was from Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta on February 28, 2017. A spell of warm weather left very little snow, so the landscape does not look like winter here. But the sky is! This is a stitch of 6 segments but warped with fish-eye projection so that only 3 or 4 segments are contributing to this image. Stitched with PTGui. Each segment was 30 seconds at f/2.8 with the Rokinon 12mm lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. Nik Dfine and Topaz noise reduction applied, in addition to ACR.
A 360° panorama of the evening twilight sky in winter, on February 28, 2017. The Milky Way is beginning to appear and the Zodiacal Light is at centre in the west. Clouds lit by light pollution colour the sky. The crescent Moon, here overexposed, shines below bright Venus, with Mars much fainter to the left of Venus. Orion stands to the south at left of centre, partly in clouds. Numerous satellite trails appear in the blue twilight sky. Leo is rising at far left; the Big Dipper is at far right. This is a stitch of 10 segments, each 25 seconds at f/2.8 with the 20mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 3200. Stitched with PTGui. Camera Raw did the job but did not allow for positioning the scene to put what I wanted at the centre. The original is 26,000 x 4,300 pixels. Taken from the Trail of the Fossil Hunters.
