{"id":688585,"date":"2026-05-23T13:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/688585\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T13:05:10","slug":"photographer-captures-a-rare-combination-of-night-sky-phenomena-in-one-image-at-first-it-was-hard-to-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/688585\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer captures a rare combination of night sky phenomena in one image \u2013 “At first, it was hard to believe”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Sometimes, the most memorable images emerge when conditions seem to fail, only to align in ways you could never have planned,” says photographer Andrea Curzi, reflecting on a stunning 200\u00b0 panorama night sky image captured during a two-week camper trip along the coasts of Normandy and Brittany.<\/p>\n

Despite constant battles with wind and cloud cover, one night completely changed Curzi<\/a>‘s trip. The conditions finally aligned, revealing an unexpected combination of rare night sky phenomena.<\/p>\n

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Armed with his Canon cameras<\/a>, Curzi captured an astrophotography image that revealed details he hadn’t anticipated \u2013 a hard-to-believe moment unfolding in the sky. The image Where Earth Meets the Cosmos, has now been selected for Capture the Atlas’ 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year collection<\/a>, which highlights 25 of the world’s most striking astrophotography images.<\/p>\n

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How ‘Where Earth Meets the Cosmos’ was captured<\/p>\n

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The Canon EOS R is a full-frame mirrorless camera, boasting crisp 30.3MP imaging (Image credit: James Artaius \/ Digital Camera World)<\/p>\n

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Gear: Canon EOS R<\/a> (for foreground), Canon EOS<\/a> 6D astro-modified (for sky), Tamron<\/a> 17-35mm f\/2.8-4
Accessories: Sirui AM324 tripod, Minitrack LX2 star-tracker, Astronomik 12nm Max FR filter
Exposure: Sky: 7 shots at 180sec, f\/4, ISO 800, 17mm for RGB + 20 shots at 180sec, f\/4, ISO 3200 with H-alpha filter for red nebula, foreground: 12 shots at 180sec, f\/4, ISO 800, 17mm with focus stacking<\/p>\n

Curzi says, “I was positioned on the Pen Hir peninsula, scouting for a wide panoramic composition of the Milky Way. As darkness fell, I began capturing a 200\u00b0 panorama using focus stacking.<\/p>\n

“While reviewing one of the final frames, I noticed an unexpected red glow in the sky, aurora. At first, it was hard to believe.<\/p>\n

“After completing the planned sequence and confirming the phenomenon, I shifted my attention fully to the sky. As the night unfolded, zodiacal light also became visible, adding yet another rare element to the scene.<\/p>\n

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“Within a single composition, the sky revealed an exceptional combination of phenomena: airglow, the winter arc of the Milky Way, Orion with Barnard\u2019s Loop, the Pleiades, the Rosette and California nebulae, Andromeda, Jupiter, zodiacal light, and aurora borealis.<\/p>\n

“This image captures what astrophotography often represents at its core: careful preparation meeting complete unpredictability.<\/p>\n

The final result is a blend of 12 focus-stacked exposures for the foreground and seven tracked exposures for the sky, captured using an Omegon Minitrack LX2 star tracker mount<\/a>, an astro-modified camera, and an H-alpha filter.”<\/p>\n

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