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Photographer Spends Night on Freezing Mountain to Capture Rare Triple Galaxy Arch

PetaPixel·Matt Growcoot·24 days ago
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The two arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, and Gegenschein caused by scattered sunlight. | Photo by Angel Fux Few people get to see the full splendor of the Milky Way Galaxy arch — even fewer get to see the summer and winter arms in the same night. Intrepid photographer Angel Fux had to meticulously plan her trip to the top of Dent d’Hérens on the border of Italy and Switzerland — a summit just under 14,000 feet high near the Matterhorn — where she would spend the night in temperatures approaching minus 28 degrees Celsius (minus 18 degrees Fahrenheit). Photographing above the Matterhorn. A double Milky Way Galaxy arch is only visible to people on Earth for a short period of time each year, around the equinox. “I first discovered the phenomenon two or three years ago, and from the moment I understood what it was, I knew I wanted to photograph it,” Fux tells PetaPixel . “I attempted it for the first time last year from around 3,000 meters [9,800 feet], and the image received a lot of attention.…

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