Sky and astrophotography
The Milky Way, galaxies, the Moon and a solar eclipse. 22 photos
About this gallery
This gallery brings together night photos taken over several years, in France and in Spain. The Milky Way stretches above a line of trees, then over the Galician countryside near Lugo, where the Andromeda Galaxy can also be made out. The Moon takes on several guises: a thin crescent in a gradient dusk sky, a full moon rising behind rooftop chimneys, a pine tree silhouetted in moonlit mist, or grainy black-and-white frames. Above rooftops, a crescent moon catches on a television antenna, and one long exposure traces the stars' movement across the sky.
Another part follows, stage by stage, the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026, seen from Galicia: the solar crescent narrowing little by little, then the solar corona revealed during totality, and the silhouette of a person following the event near a car, captured in black and white.
Royalty-free, these sky views suit an article on the 2026 eclipse, an astronomy class or a wallpaper; downloading them from Pexels costs nothing and needs no credit.