The Andromeda Galaxy and stars rising over moonlit hoodoo formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park.
July 8, 2022 - The Andromeda Galaxy (aka Messier 31) and the stars of Andromeda rising over moonlit formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous moon, low in the southwest so it is providing a warm light. This is an example of a deepscape - a nightcape with a telephoto lens to also record a deep-sky object in the frame above the horizon. Moonlight prevents the galaxy from showing up as well as it would in a dark sky. The sedimentary formations here are from the late Cretaceous, about 70 million years old, while the light from the Andromeda Galaxy is about million years old, though the galaxy itself is much older - billions of years old, older than the Earth and Sun. The scene provides a nice contrast of warm earth and cool sky tones.
Size: 6300px × 4231px
Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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