Milky Way over Dorset, England

Photographing the Milky Way in the UK

 

Are we alone in the universe? I ask myself this every time I look to the sky at night. 

 

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Milky Way over Dorset, England

 

Milky Way over Dorset, England

On clear nights along this southern English shore, ancient meets even more ancient. Laden with fossils, the Jurassic Coast is aptly named (though remains from the Triassic and Cretaceous are also scattered here). To explore this place is to peek back in time—and the same applies to our skyward-tilted photo. The Milky Way's center is more than 25,000 light years away, meaning some of the starlight reaching our eyes today first emanated during the last ice age.

 

Stars and Milky Way over Durdle Door and the Jurassic Coast,

with the lights of Weymouth

 

Milky Way above Durdle Door rock arch. Jurasic Coast, Dorset, England, UK.

 

Milky Way over Stair Hole, Lulworth, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, UK

 

 

Milky Way over a chapel in Dorset, UK

 

Milky Way above the Pinnacles

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Milky Way Durdle Door Dorset

 

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