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Watching The Night Sky

I took this in the deep desert of the Volcanic Tablelands in Bishop, California. You can see Bishop over the horizon, it's bright but not bright enough to take over the Milky Way hovering above the skies. The elevation is high enough at over 6,500ft so there's less pollution in the air to blur the Galaxy.

Scenes like this require a really good high ISO camera. Something like the Sony A7sii would be ideal, I only have the Sony A7ii. Perhaps someday, when I get more into it, I'll have a dedicated camera for astrophotography.

Have you seen the Milky Way with your naked eye?