Artistry writ large, this time, astonishing astrophotography by Miquel Claro, whose works is so clear it looks like his images are taken in space.
Yes, NASA takes great photographs of the stars, galaxies and gas clouds throughout the universe. But the agency has telescopes floating in space that make this accomplishment a little easier. Miguel Claro, a Portugese astral photographer, takes all his portraits from the ground. Claro goes to great lengths to distill fragments of the night sky—even waiting out almost five hours of exposure time for a single shot. The results have earned him positions as a European Southern Observatory photo ambassador and as the astrophotographer for the Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve, the world’s first starlight tourist destination. Claro also belongs to First Light, a photographer organization in Portugal that provides lessons to those looking to ramp up their skills. As for NASA, it regularly features Claro’s work as the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Credit: Miguel Claro
Whirlpool Galaxy M51 Immersed in a Wide Field of Faint Galaxies in Canes Venatici
Whirlpool Galaxy M51. The tendrils spiraling of the galaxy on the right are made of higher-density gas and generate stars, all while the smaller galaxy on the left, NGC 5195, has been migrating past for hundreds of millions of years.
I can see for lightyears really does apply, doesn't' it? :)
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