On the way to the place where the Golden State Star Party takes place, just about 20 minutes from Adin, there's one point in the way where you can get a panorama that goes all the way from Mount Lassen to Mount Shasta. What you see is precisely that panorama, in HDR form.

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DATE June 23rd, 2009 PHOTO Exposure: Total: 0 minutes Focal: 85mm f/5.6

EQUIPMENT Camera: Canon 40D

SITE & CONDITIONS GSSP @ Adin, California SOFTWARE Processing: Hugin and Photoshop

The last night at GSSP, right after sunset, we were rewarded with a beautiful view of a 1 day old Moon setting next to the impressive Mount Shasta. The Venus Belt (the grayish area bewteen the pinkish and bluish sky) is clearly visible, as if the Moon was resting right on it.

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DATE June 23rd, 2009 PHOTO Exposure: Total: 0 minutes Focal: 85mm f/5.6

EQUIPMENT Camera: Canon 40D w/EF 17-85mm Lens

SITE & CONDITIONS GSSP @ Adin, California SOFTWARE Processing: Photoshop

The view of the Milky Way at the 2009 Golden State Star Party was amazing. As such, I couldn't stop from taking this 5x5 exposure. ¡Beautiful! What you see is a composition of two images, one taken with the camera on the mount, and another one on a tripod. Despite being a composition, the scene is real in the sense that the image taken with the tripod (from where I used the scope/tent part of the composition) was taken so that the Milky Way was positioned right behind, as if the scope was pointing at it.

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DATE June 22nd, 2009 PHOTO Exposure: 5 x 5' (25 minutes total) Focal: 85mm, f/5.6

EQUIPMENT Camera: Canon 40D Guide Camera: StarShoot Autoguider Imaging Scope: EM-400

SITE & CONDITIONS GSSP @ Adin, California Seeing: Very Good Transparency: Very Good SOFTWARE Stacking: DeepSkyStaker Processing: PixInsight & Photoshop