Milky Way Arches Over Mt Lassen Wilderness Night Sky
Monday, May 25th, 2026 at 9:11:50 AM · 2026/Mt Lassen Volcanic National Park
This wide-field astrophotography image captures the Milky Way galaxy band arching across a remarkably dark night sky above Mt Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Thousands of individual stars are visible across the frame, with the dense galactic core region visible as a luminous, dusty band stretching diagonally from the upper center toward the right side of the image. Silhouetted tree branches intrude from the upper right corner, providing a natural earthly anchor to the cosmic scene above. The image was captured with a Canon EOS R6 Mark II paired with the RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM lens, suggesting a wide-angle setting to encompass the sweeping galactic view. The overall atmosphere is one of profound vastness and solitude, evoking the remote, light-pollution-free environment of a volcanic national park wilderness.
Chronologically Adjacent
