Stars in your eyes ..

The night sky is one of the most amazing things about living here in France. On a cloudless evening I can look up and see The Milky Way stretch right over our house - something that was impossible to do in the light-polluted skies of the North West of England. In fact, constellations are actually harder to recognise here because of all the extra stars I can see. It's amazing ..

Last night I thought I'd try to capture some of the magnificence but, not being a technically-minded astro-photographer - or a technically-minded anything, come to think of it - I took the simple route to star photography by laying an old camera on the ground and pointing it upwards.
Folks, this is the result ..