What look to be clouds is actually known as the Milky Way. Taken in south, central Colorado, looking south above the horizon. A very dark site. On the left is Sagitarius, you might be able to pick out the stars of "The Teapot" towards the middle left edge of the photo. On the right is the constellation Scorpius. The red giant star, Antares is near the right edge of the photo. The Milky Way is the name for the galaxy in which our solar system resides. The "clouds" are formed from billions of stars in one of the spiral arms.

The camera was mounted on a Celestron CG tripod, with tracking. The tracking enables the extended exposure of 91 seconds. Enjoy

Al Schlafli