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2008 and 2009 Southern Sky Tours

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Attending the 2008 Southern Sky Fiesta tour with my wife Wendy was a truly memorable event. Wendy is mostly a day person and went hiking and horseback riding. I did some daytime activities with her (boat tour of a mangrove swamp, hike in the rain forest and a tractor ride over the Ensenada farm). However, I spent most nights out till dawn and was thrilled with the views of the southern sky. I saw the LMC, Crux, the Coal Sack, Omega Centauri and much more for the first time and it was great. Gary Seronik led the tour and provided excellent talks and binocular sky tours. Wendy told me we were going again next year and so we did. The 2009 experience was even better simply because we knew what to expect and could enjoy things without getting too excited.

Day time photos- 2008

Day time photos- 2009

Night Sky images- 2008

Night Sky images- 2009

Video Costa Rica Overnight – the southern stars move across the sky in this video of a whole night at the Ensalada Lodge.

Details

Equipment – tripod mounted modified Canon 350D with 17-50mm lens at 17mm

1108 separate frames at 30 second frames taken at 30 second intervals, f3.5 and ISO 800

Processing using photoshop and Windows Movie Maker

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