The stars of the Big Dipper over Pyramid Mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada.
The stars of the Big Dipper over the iconic peak of Pyramid Mountain from Pyramid Island in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. This was on a very clear night in mid-October, 2022, with many aspen stands still in full autumn color. The images for this scene were shot at moonrise, with the waning gibbous moon off frame at right lighting the sky blue and landscape with warm alpenglow moonlight. As bonus, a short bright meteor and its orange smoke trail appeared on the sky exposures. I shot this during the first weekend of the 2022 Jasper Dark Sky Festival, and so there were quite a few people on the island and around Pyramid Lake this night enjoying the stars on this mild autumn night.
Size: 6300px × 4197px
Location: Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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