The cove of summer night
June nights are so exciting. The
Milky Way, view to our starry home, gets up above the head with bright stars well known as
summer triangle. Brightest star of the triangle is
Vega, distant about 25 light years from Earth. The star became very popular especially due to legendary
Carl Sagan’s novel
Contact (last year had
30th anniversary). Remarkable clouds of
interstellar dust hide light from the distant stars along the entire length of the Milky Way, which is captivating even visually. The water was pretty calm, but
interesting waves can be found in the sky. Greenish and reddish tinted, they are caused
chemiluminescence in high atmosphere, known as
airglow. The sky is not pretty dark. First at all because of harmful
light pollution of far industrial area, but also due to fact that the image was taken just 9 days after summer solstice and there is no
astronomical night over Czech Republic until 11 July. The foreground is beach of a pleasant cove of the Seč reservoir. Used Canon 6D Baader IR modified, Takumar 50 mm, f2.8, ISO 10000, 92x8s panorama from tripod.
