Not to be reused
Amazing picture of the milky way over Cape Town goes viral
Cape Town photographer Kyle Goetsch won the internet this week with an absolutely amazing photo of the milky way hovering over Lion’s Head. Support this guy, buy his work.
Not to be reused
Space is pretty amazing. In fact, there is a meteor shower happening soon which you’ll be able to see in South Africa this weekend. You can read more about the Lyrids Meteor Shower and how and when to see it here.
But beyond these events, there are some pretty spectacular sights in the night sky. They’re not always visible, but once in a while, somebody puts some effort into making it accessible to all of us.
That’s exactly what one Cape Town photographer did with an image that has now gone viral.
KyleinCpt (Kyle Goetsch) posted this amazing photo to social media this week and, at the time of writing, it had almost 8000 shares and more than 10k reactions. Kyle wrote:
Milky Way over Lion’s Head
This is a 12 image panorama of the milky way body over the iconic Lions Head in Cape Town, South Africa. I have been wanting to get this photo for a while now, but is only possible when the conditions are perfect due to the extreme light pollution from the city centre and surrounding suburbs. The perfect conditions require a new moon and low fog rolling over the city from the Atlantic ocean to help reduce the light pollution so that the milky way is visible. I have attempted this shot several times which includes hiking part way up Table Mountain and more often then not just sitting in the fog. I finally managed to capture this photo at 5am yesterday morning just as the fog was starting to roll back out over the ocean. Bucket list photo for me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhtqQk8FRha/?taken-by=kyleincpt
WOW.
Kyle has a pretty amazing Instagram account. It features a bunch of amazing landscape images – and you can support his work by buying prints on his website.
About his love for photography, he writes:
For me, the main attraction to photography is that it gets me excited to explore my surroundings. It makes me sad to think of all the wonderful sunrises and sunsets I missed before I got into photography, and as I think back now about all the early mornings, long hikes, and late evenings I’ve had since taking up photography, I realize it really has changed my life and the way I view the world around me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhl3x2DFljt/?taken-by=kyleincpt
Keep doing what you’re doing, Kyle. And you, dear reader, go support this amazing local talent.
