Milky Way Setting Over Te Arai Dunes


$50.00

Milky way, setting, Te Arai, Mangawhai, dunes, night sky, stars, sand, ripples, New Zealand

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This remote location is an hour’s walk along Te Arai beach in Rodney, New Zealand (alternatively you can cross the river from Mangawhai heads at low tide, which cuts the time in half). The giant dune system is impressive, equally as impressive as the night sky in such a low-light polluted area. There was significant pink air glow that night which can seen to the left of the milky Way. Air glow is different than the aurora and is the light of excited atoms high in Earth’s atmosphere. It’s usually too faint for the eye alone to see. But under very dark skies, such as this one, photographers can capture it. Air glow is most commonly green as it’s not as high up in the atmosphere, but red or pink can occur too, at higher altitudes. Shortly after the milky way dipped below the horizon the moon rose and I made the hour’s walk back to my car by moonlight, noticing bioluminescence dancing in the surf along the way. Sadly my camera batteries had died by then after a day and night of shooting, so I just spent time in the moment appreciating the phenomenon.

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