Cygnus or the Northern Cross is setting amid the pine trees at Athabasca Falls in Jasper National Park, Canada, on a late October night. Cepheus is ab

---

Cygnus or the Northern Cross is setting amid the pine trees at Athabasca Falls in Jasper National Park, Canada, on a late October night. Cepheus is above and the bright star Vega is low and just above the trees. Deneb is at centre, as is the dark nebula Lynds 3, the Funnel Cloud Nebula. Light cloud adds the natural star glows but also discolours the sky near the horizon.

---

Size: 5170px × 3451px
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/VWPics/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 3, alberta, astro, astronomical, astronomy, athabasca, autumn, canada, cepheus, cloud, cross, cygnus, dark, funnel, jasper, lynds, national, nebula, northern, park, photography, pines, setting, skies, sky, stars, trees