The weather was looking good for this past weekend to go take some photos of the Milky Way and for Saturday night/Sunday morning's Perseid meteor shower.
The campgrounds were all booked solid with only a few first come-first served sites, so I took a chance after work on Friday. I loaded up the car and got to Sunrise well ahead of sunset. Unfortunately, when I went past the closest campground, it was full. So I went with plan B, which was to take photos and then go home.
Fortunately, the Milky Way core is visible as soon as it gets fully dark, which was 10:30 or so. After maybe 45 minutes I packed up and headed home.
I knew the campgrounds wouldn't have any free spaces, and the peak for the meteor shower was 3:30 (am), so Saturday/Sunday's trip was another out and back. I made my way to Reflection Lake and basically just sat there while the camera did its thing.
The photos don't do it justice - aside from being there is way better than a photo, this is my first attempt at something like this. Anyways, I had a nice time even if the place was packed (both places were!).
Cheers,
Marc
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