Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece

Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece
Photographing The Milky Way Over Greece

Photographing the Milky Way Over Greece

Alexandros Maragos is an Athens based filmmaker and photographer best known for his landscape photography, astrophotography and timelapse imagery. In his own words:

The Milky Way is the name of the spiral galaxy in which our solar system is located. It is our home in space. The Earth orbits the Sun in the Solar System, and the Solar System is embedded within this vast galaxy of stars. In the northern hemisphere, the Milky Way is visible in the southern half of the sky. This makes Greece one of the best places in the world to see and photograph the galaxy because of the country’s geographic location in Southern Europe at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. 

As a filmmaker and photographer I feel very fortunate to live here. Every time I want to shoot the night sky, all I do is to pick a new spot on the map and just go there and take the shot. Greece is a heaven for astrophotography. Whether you choose a mountain, a beach, a peninsula or any of the 6,000 islands, the Milky Way is always visible in the southern sky.

To see more of his work visit his website or follow him on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

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