THE MILKY-WAY LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT

Alex Cherney, an Australian astronomer, spent 18 months photographing the night sky with an ordinary digital camera. He took advantage of the lack of light pollution from a remote peninsula on the south coast of Australia to record the dazzling scenes, showing how the sky changes at night. The pictures show planets, shooting stars, the Milky Way, the Moon, satellites and planes as well as rolling clouds, changing tides and passing ships on the horizon. Cherney, an IT consultant, spent six separate nights over 18 months shooting the sky — each with a new or crescent moon to ensure minimum interference from light.

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