Thanks everyone! I was surprised at how good the sky turned out too. ; It was really cold that week, so I wonder if that helped in any way ;
Cold improves sensor response - heat kills it. ; So the colder the better. ; I'm surprised no one has created a liquid nitrogen mod for a camera yet....
I knew the sensors worked better in cold weather. ; I was wondering if the cold weather did anything to reduce the haze and therefore reduce the light pollution.
yes...absolutely! ; In the heat, there is a lot of haze, humidity (and resultant thick moisture atmosphere), low cloud, etc. that muddle up the skies. ; In the cool weather, Florida skies usually clear up quite a bit - without the haze and cloud, the massive light pollution doesn't reflect back at you and you can actually get some clear skies with a couple of stars too (though the light pollution usually limits us to only a handful of the brightest stars - not like you Western open-country folks with the billion points of light!). On a very rare summer night, you might get a cloudless and hazeless night, where you can get a fairly clear sky even in the heat...I got lucky back in June with this one:
Nice work Justin! ; That shot is on my list for Pixelmania this year. ; There were too many people walking around the night I was there in January.
