Who says you can’t see the Milky Way from Edmonds? It may be hard to see with the naked eye, but it’s there. This is a photo I shot of the Milky Way from my driveway (in the Edmonds Bowl) on August 3, 2014. Exposure was 30 seconds at F/2.8 at ISO 1600 with a 17mm lens. I did some post processing in Lightroom (Adobe Photoshop Lightroom): increased contrast, lightened the light colors (stars), darkened the darks and a few more things to make the stars stand out a bit more, but just increasing the contrast made the Milky Way obvious in the photo. The light at the bottom is from downtown Edmonds.
About 6 am this past Thursday (May 23, 2013) the sky was dark with a light rain and the sun shining low under the clouds striking the waterfront just as the ferry approached the Edmonds terminal.
Rainbow over Ferry approaching the Edmonds, WA, terminal
The Olympic Mountains really stand out when seen from Edmonds. This photo was shot at about 8 am on January 1, 2011, just after sunrise. The best public place I have found for viewing the Olympics and the Ferries crossing Puget Sound is from the plaza behind the library. Maybe I’ll see you there one day.
Olympic Mountains and Ferry from Edmonds, WA
Edmonds, Washington, is a great small town on the shore of Puget Sound.
