Many many nights of clouds finally gave way to a crispy winter night, the first of the year. Was happy to come out with this Milkyway shot, 20mins away from the lights of Christchurch, one of the benefits of living in a relatively sparsely populated country



Foremost silhouetted are NZ Native trees.

Another, on a related tangent is from Mount John Observatory. Alas I was passing through during daytime, and cloudy at that. Still I will definitely make a trip out and try my hand at some night shots from atop this hill in a truely dark region of the country.



Cheers

[daacon]

Love both shots - well done.

[SointulArt]

Great shot of the Milky Way!

[charliezap]

Awesome shots.Very nicely presented.--charliezap

[mole]

Indeed a wonderful job on that rich night sky - so great to see a place far from light pollution. And a fine, very attractive daytime landscape as well!

[Sailor]

These two shots are so nice - great stuff!

Jer