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Atacama nightscape
Fernando Oliveira de Menezes, taken from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
The snow-covered slopes of the stratovoclano Licancabur stand at the end of the Milky Way in this scene from the Atacama Desert. The photographer captured the shot in one 59-second exposure with a Canon 6D at ISO 3200 and a 24mm lens at f/3.5.