Daily moment of zen — Daily Telescope: The Milky Way shines bright above the Pyrenees “Both the daytime and nighttime vistas there were just bloody marvelous.”
Eric Berger – Dec 21, 2023 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / The Milky Way Galaxy above the Pyrenees, right on the French and Spanish border. bulbs_01_frizzle reader comments 0 Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.
Good morning. It’s December 21, and today’s image showcases our very own Milky Way Galaxy above the Pyrenees mountain range, which separates Spain from the rest of Europe.
It was sent in by a reader who captured it while hiking through the mountains and in their words bivvyinga new word for “minimalist camping” that I learned about five minutes ago. I’m jealous. Hiking through the Pyrenees and gazing at the stars at night sounds like a wonderful dream. The photographer told me they are no great astrophotographer, but that the skies were so dark and brilliant that even this single exposure photo taken with a Fuji X100 APS camera looks stunning.
“It’s still one of my favorite starry skies memories from hiking the Haute Randonne Pyrnenne, a high mountain route going all the way coast to coast along the French?Spanish border,” the photographer said. “Because both the daytime and nighttime vistas there were just bloody marvelous.”
I have greatly enjoyed writing these Daily Telescope entries and seeing the amazing work you all have sent in. We’ve published everything from the very best images taken by NASA’s space telescopes down to iPhone photos. We all share the skies, and see and document them in our own way. Thank you so much for your submissions; there have been many more than we can publish. But I treasure them all and your time in sending them in. I can’t wait to see what delights the new year will bring. Until then, happy holidays, and may your stars be merry and bright.
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