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The cosmic ocean’s glow

Oleg Bouevitch from Nepean, Ontario, Canada

Milky Way and bioluminescent surf

The Milky Way and its dense star fields and dust lanes arch over bioluminescent surf off Frank Island in British Columbia. The image combines two 30-second sky exposures at ISO 1600 and a 1-second ISO 16000 foreground frame to capture the glow of microorganisms in the breaking surf, shot on a Sony a7 III mirrorless camera and an 85mm f/1.4 lens.