Astrophotography in Bolivia Salar De Uyuni Salt Flat and Milky Way

             Panorama. Photos were done during a Uyuni stargazing tour. Elevation 3,650 m or 12,000 ft. The salt flat view even during a day is amazing, but at night it is fantastic. 
With 10,582 km^2, more than 10 billion tons of salt and containing up to 70% of the world’s lithium reserves, Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat, a vast salt plain near the crest of the Andes in southwest Bolivia.
 On the photo you can see Southern hemisphere sky, Crux constellation, Alpha and Beta Centauri, Milky Way, Galactic Center, red and green Airglow, Hexagonal formations of the salt flat.
   

Taken in: Bolivia / Departamento de Potosí / Chuvica (show map)

Taken on: August 28, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS 60D, f/2.8, 30 sec, 17mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 60D
Lens:	EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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