Milky Way Camp - Cervantes - Australia

On my way up from Perth to Exmouth to watch the total solar eclipse on April 20, 2023, I stop off in Cervantes. Sitting on the oily grass next to the small coastal town's rugby oval, the quality of the sky is impressive despite the few street lamps. The southern Milky Way displays its finest jewels, with the Centaurus globular cluster (top left), the Southern Cross and its dark nebula (the coal sack), the Carina nebula (top center), the large Magellanic cloud and the bright star Canopus (right).