Zennor Stars

In the height of summer, I had studied the weather and knew that an evening was approaching that would have excellent conditions for astrophotography of the Milky Way. With this in mind, I planned to visited the Carn Galver engine house on the north coast of Cornwall. The engine house can’t be missed from the coastal path that runs right up to it, and is a well-known local site which I wanted in my collection.

This photograph is taken at around 3am. There is more light than usual because of the summer sun that would be rising in just an hour or so, however the light doesn’t detract from the clarity of the stars, and adds colour to the sky which was a win-win outcome. Standing downhill from the engine house, I was able to catch a beautiful scattering of stars that passed directly down the side of the crumbling building, which stands stark against the night sky.