PC0106 - "U" is for Ursa Major

Here's Ursa Major and the top of the asterism "The Big Dipper" peeking above the trees in my backyard. This shot is actually four 10-second exposures stacked and combined to produce an image approximately equivalent to a 40-second exposure at ISO 200. By stacking the images, I prevented the star trails that would normally accompany a lengthy exposure.


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