Cypress Hills Night Panorama (July 15, 2013)

A 360° panorama on the high plains of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta, July 15, 2013 on the Graburn Road. This is an 8-section panorama with the 8mm fish-eye lens, with segments at 45° spacings and each exposure 90s at f/3.5 and with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 3200. North is at left, south in the middle, with the road running east to west. Visible from left to right are: very low level aurora – the Survivor Tree and lights from my other cameras shooting and my car – bands of green airglow running across the sky from east to west – a spot of light from a distant thunderstorm and lightning – the centre of the Milky Way setting in the southwest – airglow bands in the west – and horizon glow from Medicine Hat. Segments processed in Photoshop and assembled with PTGui, then further processing of stitched scene in Photoshop.

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