Angel Fux, taken from Dent d’Hérens on the Swiss-Italian border
Both the Milky Way’s winter and summer arches are captured rising above the Alps in this time-blended composite of two panoramas March 19, 2026, when the winter arch was visible during the first half of the night and the summer during the second half. The faint gegenschein adds a third, dust-scattered glow. To obtain this image, the photographer helicoptered to the summit of Dent d’Hérens, overlooking the Matterhorn (at left, directly beneath the left base of the gegenschein arch). She used an astromodified Nikon mirrorless camera and 20mm f/1.8 lens with Hα filter, stacking four 45-second exposures per frame at ISO settings of 2000 (summer arch) and 1600 (winter arch).