PolishastrophotographerBartosz Wojczynskiloves a challenge and he gave himself a big one while visiting the Tivoli Astro Farm in Namibia.
The result is a dazzling image that lets viewers drink in the details of our galaxy.
Wojczynski has shared thehigh-resolution versionon his website and is opening up about what went into the creative process.
He was inspired to undertake a challenge that would allow him to use high-performance equipment in perfect viewing conditions.
In fact, the good conditions meant that he could rely on DSLR cameras.
The entire project was a string of significant challenges, Wojczynski shared with My Modern Met.
First, there was an issue of transporting a lot of heavy equipment to Namibia.
The full-size, finished image comes in at 53,48041,010 pixels and takes up 13 gigabytes of hard drive space.
It’s composed of 110 mosaic panes, with each pane shot at 400 ISO with a four-minute exposure.
In this case, the stars really did all align.
Astrophotographer Bartosz Wojczynski traveled to Namibia to take a 2.2-gigapixel photo of the Milky Way.
Check out these incredible details of the Milky Way as photographed in Namibia.
The Polish astrophotographer also created a video to share some of his favorite details.
Related Articles:
