
At midnight, mist drifts into the Tengger Caldera on Java, while Mount Bromo at its center reveals its activity through curling smoke and a reddish glow visible only in the night. Above the volcanic complex, the majestic Milky Way stretches across the sky.
Shooting Data
| Location | Mt. Bromo, Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park, East-Java, Indonesia |
| Date | June 2023 |
| Camera | Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II |
| Lens | Panasonic Leica Summilux 12 mm f/1.4 |
| Exposure | Two-row panorama consisting of 6 images (2x3), each composed of 20 individual exposures (ISO 3200, f/1.8, 10 sec), stacked using Sequator and stitched with PTGui |
| Image Processing | Sequator, PTGui, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom |
| Foreground | Captured seperately also around midnight using the same optical setup and a single image panorama (ISO 3200, f/1.8, 60 sec) |