Light & Dark.

The brilliance of distant stellar fires, contrast strongly with a vast, dark cloud of gas and dust in the constellation, Crux. Photo details: Canon 350D, ISO 1600, 2 1/2 minute exposure with a Canon EF 135mm lens @ f-4.5.

 Image taken December 31st 2007


Just one of many images from the "Deep Sky Astronomy" page of www.skyhigh-photography.com