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Posts tagged ‘Star Trails’

ISS Startrails

October 23, 2012

ISS Startrails

This ISS Startrails video was achieved by “stacking” image sequences provided by NASA from the crew at International Space Station – ISS. These “stacks” create the Star Trails, but furthermore make interesting patterns visible.   Watch the video…

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Within Two Worlds

July 24, 2012

A timelapse from Brad Goldpaint giving us the illusion of times movement while traveling in the midst of a dream. Star-trails sequence, the Milky Way, Auroras and more. Fantastic video!

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Bioluminescence and night phenomena

April 8, 2012

Bioluminescence

Capturing more than one brand of nocturnal illumination, photographer Phil Hart snapped those images at Gippsland Lakes in Victoria, Australia, displaying both the cosmic light above the water and the bioluminescent algae below.  Photographer Phil Hart
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La Silla Star Trails North and South

February 6, 2012

La Silla Observatory in the Atacama desert, Star Trails

Fix your camera to a tripod and you can record graceful trails traced by the stars as planet Earth rotates on its axis. If the tripod is set up at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, high in the Atacama desert of Chile, your star trails would look something like this.  Photographer: Alexandre Santerne

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As above, So below

December 9, 2011

star trails above a sea of clouds

A single, long exposure captured these star trails above a remarkably colorful sea of clouds. As seen from Medvednica mountain, the surrounding peaks and lights illuminating the clouds from below are north of Zagreb, Croatia.

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Star Trails over Oregon

June 2, 2011

Star Trails

As the Earth spins on its axis, the sky seems to rotate around us. This motion, called diurnal motion, produces the beautiful concentric trails traced by stars during time exposures.

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Star Trails in the North

January 31, 2011

Star Trails Pointing skyward, the wall of this ruined Viking church still stands after a thousand winters, near the town of Vallentuna, Sweden.
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