
Magnificent view of the Milky Way over the Tengger Caldera in East Java, with the active volcanoes Mount Bromo at the center and Mount Semeru rising in the background. The photo was taken from the King Kong Hill viewpoint at an altitude of around 2,600 meters, looking down into the caldera floor at 2,000 meters. Mount Semeru, at 3,676 meters, is the highest mountain on Java.
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 12 images (2x6), 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 at a different time using the same optical setup |