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. 

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ESO/A. Santerne

O snímku

Id:santerne-lasilla-um
Typ:Fotografický
Datum zveřejnění:7. června 2013 16:28
Velikost:4368 x 2912 px

O objektu

Jméno:La Silla, Star Trails
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail
Kategorie:La Silla
Stars

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