Oasis Nights

The beautiful summer night sky out at White Pocket with the Milky Way crossing the amazing little desert oasis. The light pollution from Flagstaff and Phoenix is visible in this 15 minute long exposure of the Milky Way looking south by southwest from this cool little oasis. It's amazing how far light pollution can be seen in the night sky. Even this dark sky site is losing some of its darkness of night from mans encroachment of these treasures. Looking east and the light pollution from Page has also compromised the dark skies. It's sad but that's progress...
The star Antares is almost setting on the horizon as the Earth's perpetual rotation changes everything up in the night sky. Soon the stars of winter will fill the night skies.
It's amazing out there....