All Saints’ Celestial Crown - a photo on Flickriver

            The Milky Way lies diagnonally above the All Saints’ and Roussanou’s monasteries in Meteora, Greece. Four hundred billion stars appear like the jewels of the monasteries’ heavenly crown. Yes, there are approximately 4×10¹¹ stars in our galaxy. It was captured with its core visible (16.5° above horizon) during a chilly night (on May 12, 2021 at 02:05’ hrs), despite the appalling light pollution.

The All Saints’ monastery (aka Varlaam abbey, seen in the foreground, bottom, left) was built in 1517-1518 on a 1,808 ft high (551 m) rock. The Roussanou monastery (aka St. Barbara’s, seen farther away, bottom, centre) was built in c.1528 on an extremely precipitous rock formation (1,588 ft or 484 m high) with very limited space available on its plateau.

Meteora is the name of the group comprising many impressive and lofty rock formations: The height of the sandstone megaliths ranges between 1,000-2,067 ft (300-630 m). The rock masses were formed 60 million years ago, are geologically unique and listed in UNESCO world heritage sites. Monks have lived on Meteora since 9th century AD. 

The two monasteries’ foreground in the milky way’s shot pictorially reminds us of the 19th psalm:

The heavens declare the glory of God
And the firmament sheweth his handywork.

📷 Settings:
Canon EOS RP
Sigma 24mm F1.4 Art
ISO 2500 - f/1.8 - 10 sec × 29 (stacked by Starry Landscape Stacker)

Foreground: ISO 3200 - f/1.8 - 30 sec × 3 (stacked and blended with a shot taken during the blue hour with: ISO 100 - f/11 - 13 sec)

Taken on: May 12, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS RP, f/1.8, 10 sec, 24mm, ISO 2500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS RP
Lens:	24mm F1.4 DG HSM \| Art 015
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	10
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	2500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.4 (Macintosh)
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