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Galaxyrise over Yosemite

Chris Cook from Long Beach, California

Half Dome and Nevada Fall are lit by a crescent Moon in this nightscape taken at Yosemite National Park’s Glacier Point. The imager used a modified Canon DSLR and 15–30mm f/2.8 lens to take six 25-second exposures at ISO 6400.