Dave Weixelman, taken from Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
The Milky Way and bright emission regions (like the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex) glow over the landscape of Bryce Canyon in this springtime shot. The imager used a Canon mirrorless camera and 20mm lens at f/2 to take three 2-minute frames at ISO 400, plus one 5-minute frame at ISO 3200 with a dual-band Hα/OIII nebula filter. The foreground was a separate 2-second exposure at dusk taken at f/14 and ISO 200.