Milky Way across the sky in summer

Part 2 Sceneries in dark night

Date & Time:	Jul 5 1997, 22:00 JST(+0900), 35min. Exp.
Optical:	MD FISH-EYE f=16mm F2.8, Aperture: F4.0
Camera:	MINOLTA XD
Film:	Ektachrome E100S
Location:	Subashiri halfway up Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka pref.

I captured the summer's Milky Way with a fish-eye photo lens. You can see Scorpius and Sagittarius in lower skies, Aquila and Cygnus around the zenith. A glittering star rising from the eastern horizon is the Jupiter positioned in Capricornus.
A location I took this picture is one of parking areas in halfway up to Mt. Fuji. The night was crowded with many astrophotographers because of a weekend without moonlight.

Lyra going down to the Mt.Fuji

Light trail of Canopus

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