Star trails over La Silla
A combined series of nighttime exposures captures these impressive star trails over ESO's La Silla observatory. The stars appear as trails because of the apparent daily motion of the sky, which is, in fact, due to the rotation of the Earth on its own axis.
This photograph was taken by ESO Photo Ambassador Alexandre Santerne.
Credit:ESO/A. Santerne
About the Image
Id: | santerne-northern-sky |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 11 June 2013, 11:16 |
Size: | 4368 x 2912 px |
About the Object
Name: | La Silla, Star Trails |
Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | La Silla Stars |
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