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Southern Skies Quivers

Namibia

Camera : Sony A7rv Ha modded

Lens : Zeiss Milvus 25mm F1.4

Tracker : Rainbow Astro RST 135e

Tripod : Really Right Stuff TVC 45

Head : Arca Swiss D4

Sky : 240secs F2.8 Iso 800

Foreground : 480secs F2.8 Iso 800 LENR LLL

Filters : Kani night filter

Unusual rock formations, Giants Playground, Keetmanshoop, Namibia, Africa

Aloidendron dichotomum or the quiver tree is a tall, branching species of succulent plants, indigenous to Southern Africa and parts of Southern Namibia. The quiver tree gets its English common name from the practice of hollowing out the tubular branches of the tree to form quivers for their arrows. Seen here in the Giants playground near Keetmanshoop in Southern Namibia, with the Carina Nebula, the Coal sack and the southern Cross standing guard over them…..

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