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Stars over the South Pole

By khurrum1 ⋅ September 11, 2006 ⋅ ⋅ Print this post Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

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 for “Stars over the South Pole”

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

    Posted by reeny | September 12, 2006, 8:33 am

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

    Posted by Vaidas | November 7, 2006, 5:47 pm

  3. 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.

    Posted by Chuck the Lucky | November 20, 2006, 10:51 pm

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

    Posted by Sarah e. Smith | November 22, 2006, 3:26 am

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