Photographer Spends 12 Years, 1250 Hours, Exposing Photo of Milky Way

Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio has released a Milky Way photo that took him nearly 12 years to create. The 1. 7-gigapixel image has a cumulative exposure time of 1,250 hours. Note: Click the photos in this article to see them at a larger resolution.