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Milkyway Over Mount Rainier [View all] bigtree Jan 2013 OP
Wow!!! Thanks for sharing this livetohike Jan 2013 #1
Check out the photographer's domain: Coyotl Jan 2013 #26
wonderful! FourScore Jan 2013 #49
Talent! MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #61
This is stunning...thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2013 #2
Stunningly beautiful malaise Jan 2013 #3
Just wonderful dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #4
And a meteor zooming in from the left. longship Jan 2013 #5
And the right. rateyes Jan 2013 #18
Your eyes are better than mine. Missed that one. nt longship Jan 2013 #19
There are actually 5 in the picture. Look close. SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #37
Spectacular! That's a truly stunning photo. I especially love the meteorites ... 11 Bravo Jan 2013 #6
..or satellites seen because of the long exposure times? Junkdrawer Jan 2013 #8
Definitely satellites.......... Capt.Rocky300 Jan 2013 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Junkdrawer Jan 2013 #7
Love this! HappyMe Jan 2013 #9
Beautiful! nt octoberlib Jan 2013 #10
The home galaxy of the human species.. sky imager Jan 2013 #11
Gorgeous trusty elf Jan 2013 #12
I thought I would have to wait for the inevitable eruption before we would get different shots tavalon Jan 2013 #13
It's like our iconic volcano spewed stars tavalon Jan 2013 #14
I was thinking the same thing! Aristus Jan 2013 #42
My photo of the same scene: pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #15
I need a chocolate fix now...LOL irisblue Jan 2013 #16
Sorry if this is a silly question warrior1 Jan 2013 #17
Towards the center panzerfaust Jan 2013 #23
that looks like a really dangerous predicament for Earth bigtree Jan 2013 #25
especially since the center of that spiral is a supermassive black hole cemaphonic Jan 2013 #32
That is just SO reassuring! thucythucy Jan 2013 #45
Carl Sagan said it best: rustydog Jan 2013 #50
Simply amazing! MzShellG Jan 2013 #20
Identify a dark sky site, either through a local astronomy club marybourg Jan 2013 #30
I really, really miss Mt Rain panzerfaust Jan 2013 #21
Thanks to you for posting this gorgeous scene. classof56 Jan 2013 #24
Is that lake Tipsoo? rustydog Jan 2013 #48
Probably my favorite galaxy of all time. Although I may be a bit biased towards it. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #22
re:Milkyway Over Mount Rainier allan01 Jan 2013 #27
I remember the first time I saw the Milky Way Ron Obvious Jan 2013 #28
Thats a keeper. nt BootinUp Jan 2013 #31
Lower the curtain down on Memphis Ian Iam Jan 2013 #33
beautiful. Terra Alta Jan 2013 #34
That is something else treestar Jan 2013 #35
K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #36
A 2014 Calendar of 12 shots of the Milky Way would be on my list. This one could be October. DhhD Jan 2013 #38
Wow. I live a couple hours away, and I've never seen this. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #39
I don't think you would see exactly that with the unaided eye Junkdrawer Jan 2013 #40
Sure, the human eye isn't nearly a sensitive. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #41
As a kid in the 70s, I hitched across the US camping as I went... Junkdrawer Jan 2013 #43
Au contraire!! Harry Monroe Jan 2013 #55
Our Universe is sooo Beautiful! Cha Jan 2013 #44
Beautiful beyond words. Nt. thucythucy Jan 2013 #46
An astronomically stellar eruption! rustydog Jan 2013 #47
my daughter just got a job up in Washington State SemperEadem Jan 2013 #51
K & R Liberal_Dog Jan 2013 #52
Gorgeous, and humbling. Thanks! nt cbrer Jan 2013 #53
Simply, sheshe2 Jan 2013 #54
kick samsingh Jan 2013 #56
Awesome! n/t Timbuk3 Jan 2013 #57
This photo looks like a composite of at least two different photos .... kwassa Jan 2013 #58
put a sock in it......................... chillfactor Jan 2013 #60
I don't remember doing any of the stuff you said when I took the photo dmorrow32 May 2013 #64
What is the source of light on the section of the mountain facing us? kwassa May 2013 #68
this is truly an astounding shot..... chillfactor Jan 2013 #59
of course it is astounding. kwassa Jan 2013 #62
Thanks for all the great comments. dmorrow32 May 2013 #63
Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #65
Thank you! dmorrow32 May 2013 #66
thanks for that shot bigtree May 2013 #67
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