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Amr Abdulwahab
Fayoum oasis
03/26/2023
03:00 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon D600 Full Spectrum
Astro-Mod Nikon D750
NIKKOR 35mm f1.4
Skywatcher sky adventurer

Post-processing Details:

stacked and processed in pixinsight
30 minutes for the sky
10x 3minutes Lights
20 Darks
20 Bias
15 Flat frames
ISO 1600

Image Details:

Fayoum Oasis- Egypt.
Located a 100 KM southwest of Cairo, the Fayoum Oasis is one of Egypt’s most biodiverse and scenic destinations. Brimming with ancient treasures and charms and nestled on the Nile Delta where the ecosystem is both colorful and rich, Fayoum has always been a refuge for local tourists from across the country. This UESCO World Heritage Site and National Park is one of Egypt’s finest paleontological sites as it is home to the fossil remains of Archeocyte, “the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales,” according to UNESCO. It is considered the world’s most important site for the study of evolution because it helps reconstruct the events of a remarkable shift in our natural history: the whale’s transition from a land-based mammal to a marine one.