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Cape Breton: Where Mountains Meet Sea
The Cabot Trail winds through Cape Breton Highlands, but its magic is where mountain meets sea. The park is a rare blend of ecosystems where Acadian, Boreal, and Taiga forests coexist on steep cliffs plunging into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This dramatic landscape creates a unique habitat for moose, bald eagles, and the elusive Canada lynx. #Canada #CapeBreton #NovaScotia #ParksCanada 🇨🇦
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Breton_Highlands_National_Park
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Cape Breton: Where Mountains Meet Sea
The Cabot Trail winds through Cape Breton Highlands, but its magic is where mountain meets sea. The park is a rare blend of ecosystems where Acadian, Boreal, and Taiga forests coexist on steep cliffs plunging into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This dramatic landscape creates a unique habitat for moose, bald eagles, and the elusive Canada lynx. #Canada #CapeBreton #NovaScotia #ParksCanada 🇨🇦
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Breton_Highlands_National_Park
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Nice to be back under a clear moonless night sky in a dark sky preserve last night. Thankfully we were also inside an area of minimal wildfire smoke (as confirmed by #Astrospheric smoke layer view).
All those stars making it more difficult to discern constellations. Andromeda and double cluster naked eye. Occasional meteor. An experience that never gets old!
#nlskies #nlastro #astrophotography
#ParksCanada #TerraNovaPark #DarkSkyPreserve -
Working on improving my #MilkyWay processing. And learning the ins and outs of #darktable. Still lots to learn on both fronts!
This shot from Sandy Pond 23rd August at #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNP - a #DarkSkyPreserve
Skies were pretty dark but some #LightPollution is visible over the distant hill, from a small town outside the park.
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During the timelapse - I did manage to capture one decently bright #meteor. Looks to be a #Perseids
Here is a crop from that frame.
#astrodon #astrophotography #astronomy #DarkSkyPreserve
#ParksCanada #ParksCanadaNL #TerraNovaNP #nlastro -
This weekend is my "local" dark-sky park's annual Night Sky Celebration. #RASC #astronomy club will be doing public outreach with telescopes, binoculars etc. Hope the weather cooperates!
If you have a #DarkSkyPreserve in your neck of the woods - check them out. Most will have one or more outreach events throughout the year.
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As previously described, my coyote dodging (in my own mind!) adventure netted me some nice images overlooking "Big Brook" in #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNP near #NewmanSoundCampground.
I've been told by staff that the river bend is known as the "Oxbow".I turned ~5 hours of images into this #TimeLapse.
For the dark sky nerds, the SQM meter at my campsite peaked at about 21.5 mpsas that night.
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Did a short but eerie solo walk through a wooded trail last night around midnight (there have been coyote sightings recently, and it's bear country). But have been wanting to capture this scene for a couple years now. No guts, no glory (such as it is) - lol.
#astrodon #astrophotography #astronomy #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNP #BigBrook #DarkSkyPreserve
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It's been a dreadful Spring and early Summer here in #Newfoundland for astronomy. But finally some clear night skies last week or so. Fortunate to be in #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNationalPark #DarkSkyPreserve for a couple of them, and captured this scene.
Those red chairs are great for meteor observing (I saw one decent sporadic that night).
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As with most targets of the back yard observatory this year, 🔭 this M101 galaxy and Lion nebula were captured using Esprit 150, QHY128C and 5 minute subs. Processed in PixInsight. Have been trying for longer multi-hour total integration times, to improve signal-to-noise characteristics.
May also marks the start of camping season. Lucky this year to have had a seasonal site at my local #DarkSkyPreserve 🔭 🌃
#astrophotography #astrodon #astronomy #nlskies2022 #TerraNovaNP #ParksCanada
