Barcroft High Altitude Research Station
White Mountains, CA
Elevation: 12,450'
These pictures of the summer Milky Way were taken at Barcroft in August 1996.
The camera used was a Pentax Super ME with a 28mm f/4 lens. It rode piggyback on a telescope that was tracking the sky's rotation. Each picture was a 15 minute exposure using Fujicolor Super G 800 ASA film.
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| Andromeda Galaxy is the little smudge on the far left. |