Jupiter, Orion, and Taurus over granite in Taungurung Country [5989×6600] [OC]

This location always makes me think about timelines; those granite boulders are likely around 400 million years old while the bright blue Pleiades cluster (middle left) are only around 100 million years old. Those blue stars formed AFTER those boulders.

The big red star Betelgeuse in Orion *may* have already gone supernova and the light just hasn't had a chance to reach us yet because it is over 600 light-years away. Betelgeuse itself is only 10 million years old and may have already gone supernova, its entire lifetime was shorter than those boulders.

Simultaneously, nearby the constellation of Orion is the oldest known star which is visible in the night sky, and is one of the first stars to have formed in the entire Universe (around 14 billion years old).

Those boulders are older than the Pleiades, the Pleiades are older than Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse may already be gone, nearby is a star as old as the entire universe. So in the scheme of things, I'm not really *that* late for work.

Foreground: Sony A7III + Sigma 24mm @ f/1.8, 30sec, ISO 640

Sky (Tracked): Sony A7III + SkyWatcher StarAdventurer + Sigma 24mm 24mm @ f/1.4, 30 sec, ISO 640