Contemplating Monkey Mia / Wish Upon a Star A self-portrait captured on the road between Denham and Monkey Mia, on the beautiful Coral Coast in Western Australia. – Download Wallpaper Every time I process images from our trip, makes me … Continue reading
Venus sets below the Milky Way at Coral Bay, Western Australia. This is a single shot I took before the larger panorama captured from the same spot. Captured with the Canon 6D, 14-24mm lens, ISO6400, f/2.8, 15s exposure. Thanks for looking! … Continue reading
Standing with Venus, at Monkey Mia, Western Australia. Such an incredible view, at an incredible part of the world under incredible dark skies. Plenty of time and inspiration to think about things, when you’re staring up into such a sight. … Continue reading
These panoramas of the Milky Way were captured at Coral Bay during 1 of my only 2 nightscape sessions while over at WA! The first version is the full panorama, with the LMC and SMC on the far left, and … Continue reading
This panorama (cropped to 3:2) was captured during my recent trip to Coonabarabran in mid-September. I had originally captured 8 frames, but 3 of them were unusable because of blurriness – the gale force wind we had to deal with … Continue reading
There’s 3 wind turbines in Coral Bay that provide 90% of the power that the community needs. This image shows two of the three, amongst the beautiful Milky Way and the planet Venus above the West Australian coast. It’s a … Continue reading
I’ve always wanted to get a shot like this, and my recent trip to Monkey Mia in WA gave me the chance. – Download Wallpaper The road leads directly to Venus, just above the horizon. The yellow glow to the … Continue reading
My son Jacob and I went to Sydney Observatory on Saturday night to watch the Phil Plait talk, “Death from the Skies”. It was a great talk – really enjoyable.Плиты мощения After the talk, we headed out onto Observatory Hill … Continue reading
On Day 5 of our Kimberley adventure, we woke up at 3:30am to head on a short cruise down Fitzroy River. We disembarked and climbed up (in the dark) one of the escarpments of Geikie Gorge. We finally reached the top and … Continue reading
The two brightest planets in our Solar System, Venus and Jupiter, shining brightly like beacons in the sky as they joined for a conjunction in March 2012. The Sunset colours and clouds in the sky complete the scene in what was a stunning dusk and sunset. Continue reading
My name is Mike Salway and I'm passionate about amateur astronomy, photography and karate. I love to capture beautiful landscapes and night sky scenes, and love it when I can show people the wonder of our universe
