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Stars over the South Pole

Long Exposure Photograph of stars near the southern pole.

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hmm… I guess the world really does spin on an axis ;)

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http://www.astronomie.be/hambsch/namibia06/startrails1.htm

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4 Comments

  1. reeny says:
    September 12, 2006 at 8:33 am

    Fake! There is no trees near the south pole!!

  2. Vaidas says:
    November 7, 2006 at 5:47 pm

    Imaged at IAS observatory, Farm Hakos, Namibia.
    Not in southern pole ;)

  3. Chuck the Lucky says:
    November 20, 2006 at 10:51 pm

    I suspect that it was a non specific statement rather than a fake. If it was taken far south in the southern hemisphere the stars would be the ones that are visible over the south pole.

    Also since this seems to be over several nights the trails look different than they do in familiar one-night exposures. In addition to it affecting the trails, it seems to make the pattern brighter – more overlapping – on one side, possibly due to the slight movement of the earth’s axis from night to night.

    There is something I noticed though. The eight-armed pattern looks like it was an optical phenomenon from the lens like those starbursts that you see in sunlight on film and movies. This might seem obvious to some but it might not to everyone. We don’t want people thinking they have seen a picture of God’s octagon over southern Chile.

  4. Sarah e. Smith says:
    November 22, 2006 at 3:26 am

    Hello! I just found your blog via StumbleUpon…..very cool photos and links…i’ll be back to visit again :)

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