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Nicholas Holshouser
Graveyard Fields, Milepost 419, Blue Ridge Parkway
07/25/2019
01:20 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon Z6, Irix Firefly 15mm lens, Didymium Filter

Post-processing Details:

Minimal processing, slightly boosted exposure and shadow with ~+25 clarity and vibrance. The didymium filter really helps reduce the needed post-processing.

Image Details:

Out shooting the milky way under clear skies I captured the Aquarid (my best guess) meteor streaking across the milky way. There were plenty of meteors throughout the night. I believe I saw a late Scutid as well as several others and even a bright fireball which I didn't capture. This location is on the Yellowstone Prong in Graveyard Fields at MM 419 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Graveyard Fields is within Pisgah National Forest.