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Star trails hanging over La Silla
A long series of exposure at night captures these impressive star trails over ESO’s La Silla observatory. The stars appear as trails because of the apparent motion of the sky, which is, in fact, due to the rotation of the Earth on its own axis.
Credit:ESO/A. Santerne
Over de afbeelding
| Id: | santerne-lasilla-um |
| Type: | Fotografisch |
| Publicatiedatum: | 7 juni 2013 16:28 |
| Grootte: | 4368 x 2912 px |
Over het object
| Naam: | La Silla, Star Trails |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail |
| Categorie: | La Silla Stars |
