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Sacred Milky Way

Sacred Milky Way

I stayed one night at a sacred Buddhist prayer site on the West side of Anme Machen, at over 4000m altitude the milky way was clearer than I have ever seen it....
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I stayed one night at a sacred Buddhist prayer site on the West side of Anme Machen, at over 4000m altitude the milky way was clearer than I have ever seen it.
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NIKON D600

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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 3200 Shutter 30/1

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Jan, 2015

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Contest Finalist in Adventure Bound Photo Contest

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