I placed my phone up against a beer can on a picnic table and set it for a 30-second nighttime exposure.

I am sometimes surprised by what it picks up that I cannot necessarily process with my own vision.

This capture absolutely floored me.

@TimAkimoff
🥥 Swamp gas?
The planet Venus?
Reflections of headlights on a layer of cold air?
What the heck are those things in the sky, Tim?
And thank YOU for sharing this stunning image of them with all of us.
PS: What brand of beer do you drink? 🥥
@JStatePost This is looking at a band of the Milky Way galaxy. Not clouds or gasses but the stars that share this galaxy with us. The Milky Way is 100,000 light years in diameter, and our part of the galaxy is only 26,000 light years from the center of it, so this is a band of the galaxy that shows up in our night sky. I drink Block 15 Sticky Hands for the most part.
@TimAkimoff
🥥 Thank YOU, Tim.
Thanks to you eye learned something today! 🥥