The night of the Milky Way #24/06/2017

As a good astrophilist, the Milky Way has always exerted a huge fascination, for that milky streak that makes you understand that you are part of something big, whether for the huge number of stars that makes it, stars visible above all in dark skies like here To Limbara, the highest point of northern Sardinia and from which you can enjoy a beautiful landscape.

Since the moon is not present, with our friend Fabrizio we decide to stay away from the wildlife, at least for today, and devote ourselves to the night landscape, so after several discussions we decide for Limbara, about 1300 meters high and about 1 from Sassari Hour of car. We arrive about 2 hours before sunset, so explore the area and decide where to take the shots. We have several paths available, but the rocks guide us and we come to a point where there are beautiful calcareous formations that we notice. Then we search some beautiful trees in the woods, maybe lonely, but we find nothing that satisfies us until we find a small clearing with rocks in the center and trees in the background.

When we return to the roundabout we also decide to look for the fireflies, since it should be the right time to see them ... it is a shame that maybe here we are hiding or that they are not right !!! In fact, for many years here in Sardinia I have never seen it, but this definitely depends on the fact that I go a little for woods at night, which I should do most often because I would have the chance to see some nocturnal predators, mainly owls, Assioli and barbarians here in northern Sardinia, as it happened when I saw the movement between the trees and illuminating with a flashlight saw an axiom perched on a tree ... Beautiful emotion !! I was about to give up the Milky Way to chase the raptor. 

At about 23 we move and we finally go to the picture. First we go to the tree-covered clearing and here we spend most of the time and where we make several shots from different points, but in the end the photo I prefer is this:

At about 23 we move and we finally go to the picture. First we go to the tree-covered clearing and here we spend most of the time and where we make several shots from different points, but in the end the photo I prefer is this:
 

The area was also exposed to the wind, quite strong, and this further accelerated our homecoming.
See you soon. Bye!!