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 The first rosy glow of the morning
            twilight at 5am provided an excellent opportunity for a wide
            field set of images of our companion galaxies in the south. Centered
            and dominating this image is the Large Magellenic Cloud with
            its contrasting bluish tint to the ruddy twilight glow. To its
            upper right is the Small Magellenic Cloud, also bluish by comparison,
            but even more so from being higher out of the dust layers along
            the horizon at this altitude. The bright star at lower left is
            Canopus, the second brightest star in the entire sky.

            
Morning clouds are jet
            black against the brightening sky. Ten or fifteen minutes later,
            the sky was totally washed out by the oncoming morning twilight
            in the east.

Instrument:  Canon 17 - 40mm L @ 17mm at f/4.5
Platform:  Robotic Barn Door 
Camera:  Canon 10D @ ISO800
Exposure:  10m
Filters:  UV
Location:  Near Winton, Queensland, Australia (-22S Latitude)
Elevation:  700 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  9/10, Transparency 10/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS, Maxim DL, PixInsight, Pixmantec RAW
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