A view of the setting sky in the west as seen from a latitude of 16° south, at the total eclipse of the Sun, November 2012, taken the night before the eclipse at a dark site near Lakeland Downs, Queensland, Australia. The cars are from the fellow eclipse chasers all parked at this site awaiting the eclipse after sunrise the next morning. The image shows the Milky Way in Sagittarius setting, the evening Zodiacal Light coming straight up thru the Milky Way perpendicular to the horizon, and the two Magellanic Clouds at left. Shot with the Canon 5D MkII and 15mm lens.
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.
