The beauty of the southern hemisphere

Due to the fact, that there is no *light pollution* in the rural regions of Africa ... the *Milky Way* and the *Southern Cross* are visible to the naked eye ... the *Southern Cross* is one of the most distincitve constellation in the southern hemnisphere (you can see it at the right-bottom corner of the picture). So I enjoyed the amazing starry sky every night ... and one night in the Kalahari I had a companion ... and she had a tripod with her, so we took some pics of this awesome night sky ... special thx to Isla for the tripod. Isla was so fascinated and spellbound by the stars, that she is taking some astronomy lessons at the planetarium in Melbourne and has attended a photography course as well!!