360 panorama of the sky over La Palma

Details

This was the last shot of my 2 week trip with @florian orth to La Palma in July 2021. During the night came a "sandstorm" also called Calima from the Sahara desert... This photo was taken right at the beginning of the night and if you pay attention then you can see the sand on the horizon!

A very exciting part in this image is the bright triangular light at the right edge. It is the Zodiacal light which is simply galactic dust in our solar system. This dust is illuminated by the sun and can be seen shortly after sunrise and shortly before sunrise in the respective direction to the sun, depending on location and season.

Recording

Camera

Sony a7s astromodified

Lens/telescope

Samyang 35mm f1.4, set to f2.5 during shooting

Tripod/mounting

Rollei c6i / Skywatcher Star adventurer Pro Pack

Filter

No filtering for this shot

Exposure

28 pannels for the sky with 1×30 second single shots each

22 pannels for the foreground with 30 seconds exposure each

Editing

Panorama composited with ICE (Image Composite Editor)

Sky and ground composed as well as edited with Photoshop

Detail photos

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