Segment Photos ❘ lookphotos

Other than the region of the Milky Way around the Galactic Centre in Sagittarius and Scorpius, this is arguably the richest area of the Milky Way for showpiece nebulas and star clusters. This two-segment telephoto lens panorama extends from the colourful stars of Crux, the Southern Cross at left, to Carina at right — from the dark Coal Sack Nebula to the bright Carina Nebula.

14249041 - Other than the region of the Milky Way around the Galactic Centre in Sagittarius and Scorpius, this is arguably the richest area of the Milky Way for showpiece nebulas and star clusters. This two-segment telephoto lens panorama extends from the colourful stars of Crux, the Southern Cross at left, to Carina at right — from the dark Coal Sack Nebula to the bright Carina Nebula.

This frames most of the intricate arcs and loops of the Vela Supernova Remnant (SNR), the remains of a star that exploded about 11,000 years ago. It is one of the closest SNRs to Earth, about 900 light years away. Most arcs and segments have no separate catalogue numbers, with the exception of the short straight Pencil Nebula, aka Herschel's Ray, in the lower left corner which is NGC 2736. It is the brightest segment of the Vela SNR visually in a telescope. The nebula complex is marked with lots of cyan arcs emitting oxygen III wavelengths, mixed with regions of red hydrogen-alpha emission.

14249347 - This frames most of the intricate arcs and loops of the Vela Supernova Remnant (SNR), the remains of a star that exploded about 11,000 years ago. It is one of the closest SNRs to Earth, about 900 light years away. Most arcs and segments have no separate catalogue numbers, with the exception of the short straight Pencil Nebula, aka Herschel's Ray, in the lower left corner which is NGC 2736. It is the brightest segment of the Vela SNR visually in a telescope. The nebula complex is marked with lots of cyan arcs emitting oxygen III wavelengths, mixed with regions of red hydrogen-alpha emission.

This is a two-segment vertical panorama of the sky-filling aurora of February 10, 2024, as seen and shot from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. This was a Kp4-level display, though that was an unexpected level of activity this night. Predictions had been calling for only Kp1 or 2 at best.

14248987 - This is a two-segment vertical panorama of the sky-filling aurora of February 10, 2024, as seen and shot from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. This was a Kp4-level display, though that was an unexpected level of activity this night. Predictions had been calling for only Kp1 or 2 at best.

The winter Milky Way and Zodiacal Light in a 180° panorama taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwestern New Mexico, March 11, 2013. The panorama is a composite of 4 segments, each a two layer stack, and each exposure 3 minutes at f/2.8 with the 14mm Samyang lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, and each exposure tracked on the iOptron SkyTracker. The ground is from one exposure per segment. Jupiter is the bright object near the centre.

13900327 - The winter Milky Way and Zodiacal Light in a 180° panorama taken at the Painted Pony Resort in southwestern New Mexico, March 11, 2013. The panorama is a composite of 4 segments, each a two layer stack, and each exposure 3 minutes at f/2.8 with the 14mm Samyang lens and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, and each exposure tracked on the iOptron SkyTracker. The ground is from one exposure per segment. Jupiter is the bright object near the centre.

Moonrise over pieces of the B17A iceberg (36 km long – the segment in the background is only 2 miles long), near Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island, Antarctica

71040157 - Moonrise over pieces of the B17A iceberg (36 km long – the segment in the background is only 2 miles long), near Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island, Antarctica

70333341 - A preserved segment of the Berlin Wall near the memorial site at Bernauer Strasse, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Boats and huts line this segment of the otherwise sparsely populated fjords, Villa Puerto Edén, Wellington Island, Natales, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Patagonia, Chile, South America

71328035 - Boats and huts line this segment of the otherwise sparsely populated fjords, Villa Puerto Edén, Wellington Island, Natales, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Patagonia, Chile, South America

71040156 - Moonrise over pieces of the B17A iceberg (36 km long – the segment in the background is only 2 miles long), near Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia Island, Antarctica

70182721 - Porsche at Start of Rallye Segment, Rally Classico Isla Mallorca, near Campanet, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

71041438 - Archway Cave, segment of very large lava cave, Undara Lava Tubes National Park, Queensland, Australia, Pacific