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Highway to the Skyway

© Arthur Rosch

Highway to the Skyway

Uploaded: July 29, 2004

Description

Taken in Arches National Park, this photo graced the June issue of Popular Photography in 2003. It is one of my best-known photos.

Comments

Joy Rector July 29, 2004

Fantastic! Were there really that many stars? #152727

Arthur Rosch July 29, 2004

actually, there were more. Our eyes
can't see what the camera sensor collects
in ten minutes. In effect, it makes
the invisible visible.

art #676333

Rob Friedman July 29, 2004

Wow-That's wonderful, Art!! Outstanding! #676358

Kristen McKain July 29, 2004

gorgeous! #676397

Arthur Rosch July 29, 2004

Thanks Kristen. I love your frog!

art #676451

Gene Spears July 29, 2004

WOW - awesome! #676459

Cathy Barrows July 29, 2004

pretty awesome...how did you get so much light on the rest of the scene #676499

Colette M. Metcalf July 29, 2004

Terrific!!! #676595

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-classic July 29, 2004

My all time fav!! I love it! It's on my wall!! #676672

bob cornelison July 29, 2004

This is a truely great photo! ~:0) #676725

Joe Terni July 30, 2004

Art would know heaps more about this than me,but as a bit of a stargazer(but not a photographer of the heavens), I observe from my rather small capital city(~1 mill.Pop.)a certain amount of stars,but when I get away from the city lights,smoke,smog,haze etc,the whole sky is ablaze with stars.I even have trouble finding some of the smaller constellations,which are easy to see in the city as there is less background star numbers.Would visible stars in a nice, clear away from the city area increase by 100 fold? 1000 fold? relative to the city? You would have to think so... Besides all this,this is another great photograph Art...great work. #676771

Arthur Rosch July 30, 2004

Joe, in a clear dark place the stars
increase a thousand fold. there are
about 5,000 stars visible to the naked
eye but not all eyes are the same and
that doesn't include the Milky Way
in which many millions of stars join
together to form that lovely white mist.

so, it's hard to really say. but it's
a lot.


art #676788

Howard A. Wimpee December 05, 2007

Arthur,This shot is truly amazing! The only place I have seen stars like this is Dead Horse Point. Have been to Arches but not at night so next time I get to Dead Horse Point I'm going to try shooting your way,Thank's for the tip!!! #5172079

Arthur Rosch December 05, 2007

Howard, you are most welcome. The stars
in that area are fantastic. Shooting my
way involves ten minute exposures and
half ton of gear, but there are new
types of gear now that make it easier.
This is a composite photo, with the
foreground taken in late afternoon,
replacing the blurred and dark
foreground taken with the night exposure. It's the only way to
make this vision real, even though
it's helped by Photoshop. Nothing
manipulated about the stars, however,
just tracked with a motorized telescope. #5172129

Susan M. Hembree February 11, 2009

I am definitely impressed with this one, Arthur! Super WOW! #7155533

Susan M. Hembree February 11, 2009

I am definitely impressed with this one, Arthur! Super WOW! #7155668

Arthur Rosch February 12, 2009

thanks Susan. This image has been really rewarding, perhaps the most viewed of my photos except for "Healing Hands". That one is my best seller. #7157865

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