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691 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of the night sky, milky way, and stars over an ocean beach with tents and camping equipment; fine art astrophotography landscape photo created by Paul Wilson in New Zealand
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691 MEGAPIXEL VAST PHOTO
Nape Nape, New Zealand
April 2, 2017

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Portrait photo of Paul Wilson, a VAST photographer artist creating very high resolution fine art astrophotographs of the night sky stars and milky way in New Zealand
Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson specializes in capturing the beautiful night sky. He is based in New Zealand, which has some of the best night skies on the planet.

Paul spends many cold nights out under the stars shooting huge nightscape images, gazing up at the night sky emblazoned with light emitting from billions of galaxies.

Companies such as BBC Earth, Futurism, Daily Mail and Unilad, and have featured Paul's work, to name a few. Additionally, his work has generated a huge following on Facebook and Instagram.

He has a close relationship with companies such as Canon, SYRP, Fornax Tracking Mounts, Optolong, and GoPro, always helping them test and refine new equipment.

New Zealand   
nighttime   
seascapes   
astrophotography   
beaches   
stars   
sky   
milky way   
panoramas   
black   

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FILE SPECS

Total Pixels690,938,435
Horizontal Pixels36,245
Vertical Pixels19,063
Aspect Ratio1.9 : 1
File Size3,948 MB
Width @ 300ppi (perfect)10.07 feet
Height @ 300ppi5.3 feet
Width @ 150ppi (near-perfect)20.14 feet
Height @ 150ppi10.59 feet

EXPOSURE SPECS

Date & TimeApril 2, 2017:  4:00am
LocationNape Nape, New Zealand
Coordinates-42.950787, 173.235680
Focal Length50mm
Aperturef/2
Shutter Speed10 sec
ISO6400
Number of Exposures280
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Certificate of authenticity  
with artist signature

Mounting brace floats the display
off the wall by 1 inch
Metal back
Paper print
Acrylic glass
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