Galactic Railroad - Flannigan - Washoe County Nevada
by Mike Lee
Title
Galactic Railroad - Flannigan - Washoe County Nevada
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Burlington Northern Sante Fe railroad spur and the Milky Way galactic core at Flannigan in northwestern Nevada, USA, on a somewhat hazy late spring evening.
This image is a blend of several sky exposures "stacked" to reduce digital "noise" and several more longer exposures for the foreground where I "light painted" the tracks while walking around with a handheld flashlight. On this particular evening, the haze in the air made it more reflective of the light to the point where the red signal light on the spur actually reflected off the atmosphere, adding an extra red (and somewhat eerie to me) glow. The golden glow to the clouds on the right of the frame is reflected light from nearby Reno, Nevada. I never cease being fascinated by how much more the camera "sees" at night compared to the human eye.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺-𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴. 𝘈 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘴. 𝘈 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘢'𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.
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June 6th, 2021
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