Magnetic sky
San Jose de las Salinas.
Magnetic Sky
exif(Iso 6400 f 3.5 d 15 mm exp 25 sec- 28 vertical photos in 3 rows
Reflection of the South Milky Way Venus and Magellan. 4.45 AM.
6 in the afternoon, after a busy work day, I made the decision to go to San José de las Salinas, 220 km from my town, I grabbed my things and left at night, I arrived there almost 3 hours later,
At 10:15 p.m. I arrived, advanced with the car to a certain point and braked. It was dangerous to continue further if there was water and I could get bogged down. I decided to guide myself by an orange light that was the entrance to San Jose and I walked in the opposite direction to that light, heading north, and guiding myself by the milky way, which at that time was still very high. I walked with my flashlight for 3 hours, time passes very quickly there, and I couldn\'t find water, until I walked in one direction and felt my foot sink, with my flashlight I saw that there was some water, and I looked at the watch and check that at that time 1 in the morning the locals said that the water emerged and the salt broke, I walked a little more and the mud was already important, so I had to make the decision, orient myself and go back to the car to search gear and boots, and go back there and walk some more.
And that I did, after walking approximately one and a half kilometers, always with the car behind me, I saw the first star reflected in the salt flat, my happiness was complete, there was no wind, it seemed to be floating in the middle of nowhere. but the wind it began to blow strongly from the south, clouds arrived, it covered the milky way in parts and the reflection of the stars had disappeared! It was approximately 2 am, I had time to see the galactic center that just appeared at 3.30 so let\'s wait, I know It was 3 o\'clock and the wind blew from time to time, very typical of that area, I couldn\'t go deeper in the water because the reflection of the stars was lost with so much wind, so let\'s wait. It was 4.30 if I remember correctly and suddenly the wind stopped, zero, the stars were reflected, the Milky Way too, and it was only 8 or 10 minutes where I shot like crazy until I got the panoramic view
Gonzalo Javier Santile, Argentina, Villa Carlos Paz
