Milky Way Arches Over Mount Lassen at Night
Monday, May 25th, 2026 at 8:26:52 AM · 2026/Mt Lassen Volcanic National Park
This long-exposure astrophotography image captures the Milky Way galaxy arching dramatically across a deep blue-black night sky above Mount Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Thousands of individual stars are visible across the frame, with the dense galactic core band sweeping from the upper center toward the right side of the image. The foreground features dark silhouettes of tall conifer trees on the left, a snow-capped volcanic peak visible in the lower right, and warm yellow-green light illuminating some low-lying shrubs or foliage near the bottom center. The overall mood is profoundly serene and awe-inspiring, evoking the vast scale of the cosmos against the rugged wilderness landscape.
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