Got Milky Way?

This very dark sky looking southwest allowed the Milky Way to appear almost like a line of prominent clouds around 10:30 PM, Sunday, September 9, 2012. These two perspectives look the opposite direction of the nearby Duane Arnold Energy Center about .4-mile distant, and about 2 miles northeast of Palo, Iowa. The hillock in the foreground is illuminated by the power plant. The top image is a 15-second exposure at f/3.5, 1000 ISO and 18mm focal length; the bottom image is a 20 second exposure with the same settings. A same view of the sky from nearby Cedar Rapids would render the Milky Way almost invisible due to light pollution.