Subject: All Night Long!!!
Exposure: 7 hours
Processing: Minor enhancement in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Lens: Nikon 24mm @ f/8
Mount: fixed tripod
Guiding: none
Film: 35mm Fujicolor Reala - ISO 100
Location: Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
Date: 05/21/01
Comments: This 7 hour exposure was the longest possible on May 21, 2001 from the photographer's astrophoto location in the Chiricahua Mountains of SE Arizona. The exposure was started at 8:45pm MST on 5/21/01 and ended at 3:45am MST on 5/22/01.
The image shows no sign of light pollution, airplanes, satellites or meteors(No retouching was done to the image.) Astrophotography nirvana!