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Milky Way over Dry Island Buffalo Jump.jpg
The arch of the Milky Way over the Red Deer River valley and badlands at Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, Alberta, on May 19/20, 2018 just after moonset of the waxing crescent Moon.
The park is the site of an ancient buffalo jump, where Cree native people drove bison over the cliffs in large numbers to provide for their tribes. The hills also contain unique flora and fauna that are not found this far east of the Rocky Mountains in as large numbers as at Dry Island. The park contains the most important Albertosaurus bone bed in the world, which was first discovered by Barnum Brown in 1910 and rediscovered by Dr. Phil Currie in 1997.
Jupiter is the brightest object, shining above the Red Deer River at right to the southwest.
A faint aurora is on the northern horizon at left, while faint bands of airglow colour the sky. The glow of Calgary is at right of centre to the southwest, while sky glows from Red Deer and Edmonton light the horizon at far left and far right.
My other camera shooting a time-lapse is at far right.
This is a 360° panorama made of 3 tiers of 7 segments each to cover the scene from well below the horizon to the zenith. All exposures 30 seconds at f/2 with the 20mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. I used the Syrp Genie Mini to automate the azimuth motion and shutter firing from segment to segment.
The park is the site of an ancient buffalo jump, where Cree native people drove bison over the cliffs in large numbers to provide for their tribes. The hills also contain unique flora and fauna that are not found this far east of the Rocky Mountains in as large numbers as at Dry Island. The park contains the most important Albertosaurus bone bed in the world, which was first discovered by Barnum Brown in 1910 and rediscovered by Dr. Phil Currie in 1997.
Jupiter is the brightest object, shining above the Red Deer River at right to the southwest.
A faint aurora is on the northern horizon at left, while faint bands of airglow colour the sky. The glow of Calgary is at right of centre to the southwest, while sky glows from Red Deer and Edmonton light the horizon at far left and far right.
My other camera shooting a time-lapse is at far right.
This is a 360° panorama made of 3 tiers of 7 segments each to cover the scene from well below the horizon to the zenith. All exposures 30 seconds at f/2 with the 20mm Sigma Art lens and Nikon D750 at ISO 6400. I used the Syrp Genie Mini to automate the azimuth motion and shutter firing from segment to segment.
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- © 2018 Alan Dyer
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