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Commute to the Core - US 395 at Bass Hill - Lassen County CA Photograph by Mike Lee

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Commute to the Core - US 395 at Bass Hill - Lassen County CA

by Mike Lee

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Title

Commute to the Core - US 395 at Bass Hill - Lassen County CA

Artist

Mike Lee

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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This image was captured very early on a mid-March morning in Lassen County, California, USA. The highway in the foreground is US 395 at a small ridge known as Bass Hill. The mountain in the background is Thompson Peak, which can be seen in a number of my images as I’m truly blessed to live at its base. The star of the show, of course, is the core of our amazing galaxy, the Milky Way, as it rose in the southeastern sky.

This image is a blend of a series of long exposures to create the light streaks on the highway as cars went over the hill and several shorter exposures for the sky that were blended to reduce digital “noise” and create a clean image.

𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢. 𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘈 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦, 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.

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Comments (97)

Kasia Design

Breathtaking scene - perfect, somehow it is a very moving title, Mike. L/F, voted in Travel Contest

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Kasia!

Aleksandrs Drozdovs

Mike ,it’s great work ,great use of long exposure,so good ,voted in Journeys!

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Aleksandrs!

Mike Lee

Thank you very much, Gary!

Gary F Richards

Outstanding “Commute to the Core - US 395 at Bass Hill…”, composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… CONTEST 2025 - OPEN ROAD ! F/L

Liz Knight

CONGRATULATIONS! Your artwork has WON TOP 20 in the 2025 Contest - Open Road - sponsored by FOUR SEASONS Group! Please comment at the available discussion thread to support your win!

Mike Lee

Thank you very much, Eric!

Eric BRENAC

Gorgeous milky way with incredible contrast with the road!

Mike Lee

Thank you very much, Lynn!

Lynn Hopwood

Great image!

Mike Lee

Thank you very much, Robyn!

Robyn King

Excellent night photography so ethereal and beautiful!

Alex Lapidus

Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the July - Sept 2024 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).

Angie Mossburg

Beautiful lighting!

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Angie!

Adrienne Wilson

This is really a stunning sky. How lucky you are to see the Milky Way so bright and alive. Lovely capture.

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Adrienne!

Shoal Hollingsworth

WOW, this is spectacular work

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Shoal!

Nirav Shah

Amazing long exposure photography with excellent postprocessing technique to blend the cosmic light display with the the artificial one. It's interesting to see how things appear to move in different timescales in the universe! l/f

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Nirav!

Denise Harty

Congratulations on your feature in the Over 3000 Views group! L/F

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Denise!

Gary F Richards

Outstanding Commute to the Core composition, lighting, shading, excellent color and artwork! F/L

Mike Lee replied:

Thank you very much, Gary!

Barbie Corbett-Newmin

Thanks for sharing this popular beauty! Congratulations! Your wonderful work is featured on the home page of the Over 3000 Views group. Please make it available for future viewing by posting your feature in the Featured Images Archive discussion thread and any other appropriate discussion threads-- ie sales of your group images etc.