The Cosmos Within a Volcanic Crater

From the photographer: “The cosmos inside a crater! Yes, that’s right, the winter sky photographed from the bottom of a volcanic crater on Mount Etna.

The image was taken with a fish-eye lens that, when pointed at the sky, renders a 360-degree landscape. The sky appears enclosed between the snow-covered walls of the crater, and the boundary point between sky and earth corresponds to the crater rim.

Do you like it? We can imagine, for fun, that the volcano produced the stars, or, in a simpler but equally suggestive way, we can reflect on the power of nature, both celestial and terrestrial.”

Technical details:
Canon 6d, Canon 8-15mm, 30 sec x 30, f/4, Iso 3200