Quiver Tree on Namib Desert - Gigalaxy Medium:Canvas orange and purple in the

orange and purple in the sky are in fact not due to an overly creative post-production

young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside our entire Milky Way Galaxy

Of course this is a very sentimental description of this well-known scientific phenomenon

Image was taken during Sanicole 2022 Airshow

Quiver Tree on Namib Desert - Gigalaxy Medium:Canvas orange and purple in theNamibia is one of the driest and darkest places on the Earth with the excellent conditions for astrophotography. To create the Gigalaxy I spent 3 weeks under such a dark sky. During Project I also captured other astroscapes photographs shows the beauty of the night sky over raw landscape of Namibia. This is one shows the Milky Way set over landscape of Namibia desert and alone Quiver Tree which is one of the iconic flora species of this area.