Playing with a 14 mm lens

 I borrowed a friends lens that has a wider field of view (14mm vs. my 24mm) to play around with. I wanted to be able to capture the south celestial pole and the station in one shot.

 Winter is awesome.

 The moon is rising, it's just a sliver right now but it brings noticeable light to the sky already. The moon will be up until August. The first of August is also the start of astronomical twilight so these are some of the last pictures from the darkest days of the year.

I'm especially proud of this one.