Milky Way Arches Over Mount Lassen Wilderness Night
Monday, May 25th, 2026 at 9:01:50 AM · 2026/Mt Lassen Volcanic National Park
This long-exposure astrophotography image captures the Milky Way galaxy sweeping diagonally across a deeply dark night sky above Mount Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. The galactic core is visible as a luminous, diffuse band of light cutting through the center of the frame, punctuated by dense star fields, dark nebulae, and interstellar dust lanes. Silhouetted tree branches intrude from the upper right corner, grounding the celestial scene in terrestrial context and providing scale. The image conveys profound solitude and cosmic wonder, evoking the humbling vastness of the universe against the pristine dark skies of a protected wilderness area. The Canon EOS R6 Mark II's sensor has done admirable work capturing faint stellar detail across the entire field of view.
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