The Milky Way over Cyprus

 

The summer Milky Way rising over Richard the Lion Heart's castle retreat in Northern Cyprus. Canon Ixus compact camera and Canon 600d DSLR- composite image credit: Kurt Thrust.

"The rocky nature of northern Cyprus presented many intriguing foregrounds for widefield astrophotography. On our return from a relaxing holiday in Cyprus, Pip Stakkert helped me compose this composite image using AffinityPhoto2 software. As our sponsor Anita Roberts is known to say "It's all a bit of a cheat"! To be honest it was scary enough going up the  hairpin roads in daylight. Doing it at night, in the pitch dark , was above my pay grade" - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.