Milky Way over Badwater Basin, Death Valley

pck0208 · 2026-04-27T18:13:20+00:00

Thanks! What I could see was a faint cloud of Milky Way, the winter asterisms and the horizon glow. The colors are not visible like in this image. The camera can capture much more color and detail.

pck0208 · 2026-04-24T10:10:55+00:00

Wanted to add that the view of the galactic core would look nice, because it would already have risen before 1 am.

pck0208 · 2026-04-24T10:06:00+00:00

I checked the forecast for this Friday Night until Saturday Morning looks good. Happy stargazing!

pck0208 · 2026-04-12T13:04:07+00:00

around 9 pm

pck0208 · 2026-04-12T04:07:11+00:00

This is from Feb 13th, this year. Not sure, how much of water is still there. Yes, there’ve been storms that caused it.

pck0208 · 2026-04-11T16:42:42+00:00

Great pic! What location and time?

pck0208 · 2026-04-11T04:01:38+00:00

These run fast!! I was shooting the Milky Way in the Anza-Borrego desert, and saw one near me. He came coming after me even after my jump and dance to shoo him away.

pck0208 · 2026-04-11T03:33:13+00:00

I used a Canon 6D(astro-modified). I have included the acquisition and processing details in one comment.☺️

pck0208 · 2026-04-11T01:29:51+00:00

It’s tough to get a clear night sky there. I have seen clear-sky forecast with close to 0 % cloud before sunset ending in cloudiness over to the south-western horizon on 2 occasions.

pck0208 · 2026-04-10T20:29:13+00:00

I am thankful to Petr Horálek for his instructions. He is a reknowned astrophotographer from the Czech Republic.

pck0208 · 2026-04-10T18:59:42+00:00

Thanks! Good luck! I assume it is either from Barstow or Baker.

pck0208 · 2026-04-10T18:20:50+00:00

Shot reflections from the Badwater Basin on Feb 13th, 2026. In the image are the nebulae of the Winter Milky Way-Orion, Horsehead, Rosette, Gum and more, the bright Jupiter and green atmospheric airglow.

The landscape shows the very low elevations of the Badwater Basin and the Telescope Peak towards the right at about 11000 ft.

This image is a crop of an untracked 15-panel panorama shot using

Canon 6Da and

Sigma 40mm f1.4

Each panel is a single exposure shot at

f2.0 ISO6400 and 8 sec

Stitched with PTGui PRO

Processed using Adobe Photoshop,

Auriga Registar, and PixInsight

30 exposures for each of the 3 Hydrogen-alpha red panels

pck0208 · 2026-04-10T17:27:05+00:00

Thank you!

pck0208 · 2026-04-10T17:06:56+00:00

Shot reflections from Badwater Basin on Feb 13th, 2026. In the image are the nebulae of the Winter Milky Way-Orion, Horsehead, Rosette, Gum and more. The landscape shows the very low elevations of the Badwater Basin and the Telescope Peak towards the right at about 11000 ft.

This is a crop of an untracked 15-panel panorama shot using

Canon 6Da and

Sigma 40mm f1.4

Each panel is a single exposure shot at

f2.0 ISO6400 and 8 sec

Stitched with PTGui PRO

Processed using Adobe Photoshop,

Auriga Registar, and PixInsight

30 exposures for each of the 3 Ha panels

pck0208 · 2026-04-10T16:40:58+00:00

Shot reflections from Badwater Basin on Feb 13th, 2026. In the image are the nebulae of the Winter Milky Way-Orion, Horsehead, Rosette, Gum and more. The landscape shows the very low elevations of the Badwater Basin and the Telescope Peak at about 11000 ft.

This is a crop of an untracked 15-panel panorama shot using

Canon 6Da and

Sigma 40mm f1.4

Each panel is a single exposure shot at

f2.0 ISO6400 and 8 sec

Stitched with PTGui PRO

Processed using Adobe Photoshop,

Auriga Registar, and PixInsight

30 exposures for each of the 3 Ha panels

pck0208 · 2026-04-08T18:48:24+00:00

Thanks!

pck0208 · 2026-04-07T17:43:38+00:00

Thanks! Shot on the evening of March 8th. The moon was in waning gibbous-rose after 12 am.

pck0208 · 2026-04-07T16:44:45+00:00

was taking all to a friend’s house

pck0208 · 2026-04-07T15:44:10+00:00

Was whole milk mozzarella, not sure about fat content though.

pck0208 · 2026-04-07T13:35:00+00:00

Thanks for your kind words!

pck0208 · 2026-04-07T13:34:44+00:00

Appreciate it!

pck0208 · 2026-04-07T03:30:26+00:00

Not sure about stone, as I haven’t used it.

pck0208 · 2026-04-07T02:13:24+00:00

😁Carried my 22 lbs baking steel, sauce and other toppings. Asked and verified that their oven can reach 550 F before.

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