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Abou Simbel sous la Voie lactée

The four colossal seated statues of Abu Simbel are illuminated from below against a dark desert landscape, with the Milky Way galaxy stretching across the night sky above and Lake Nasser visible in the background.

The Milky Way's core over the four seated colossi of Abu Simbel before dawn, the carved figures faintly lit from below, Lake Nasser black and still beside them, the desert sky thick with stars, 24mm, sandstone rose and indigo Voir plus

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