I took these photos in Arizona over a community to demonstrate how it gets more difficult to see the milky way as you get closer to light pollution. Many communities in Arizona use special lights that only point down to help reduce light pollution. Some street lights only come on when they detection motion from cars on the road, all these solutions help to protect the dark sky and reduce energy costs.

Here is the original photo before applying an edit in lightroom

Another shot a little closer, notice how it gets harder and harder to see the Milky Way as you get closer to the light source from the community.

Here is the original with no edits other than resize and watermark

Photos taken with a Canon EOS 6D
5000 ISO
30 Second exposure
14 mm Rokinon

Thanks for looking :)
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