Vegan Victuals Goes to Spain 🇪🇸 The Stars in Spain Parc Natural del Garraf -

At a certain point of my trip I realized how ideal weather conditions were for star gazing. Though I hadn’t intended to, having not brought my tripod, I decided I needed to do a night shoot. I had the time, the transport and Parc Natural del Garraf promised an escape from Barcelona’s light pollution. So I headed to the city’s electronics store chain, Fnac, for a cheap tripod. I paid only €25.00 for a Tn’B Instant Shot lightweight tripod.

Seemed to hold up my heavy camera well.. .

A quick drive out of the metro area and I was at the entrance to the park. My goal was to head deep into (or up as the road began ascending) the park to get to the Observatori Astronòmic del Parc del Garraf, which is said to be the darkest part in the surrounding area.

But the drive was taxing and a bit scary. There were steep drop-offs on the very narrow winding road. I wound up pulling into several of the park’s turn-outs to shoot, excited about seeing the milky way on my screen… along with a lot of light pollution as well. Sitting here now I wish I would have made it all the way to the observatory, but a full day in the sun left me hitting many sites left me really tired. It would be a bummer to veer of a cliff from an unknown winding road. I choose safety.

And I got a lot of great shots, though the foreground wasn’t all that interesting. It was nice to see many a couple of astrophotographers doing what I was doing in different spots.