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Circumpolar above Cerro Paranal observatory

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: o-vlt01-00190

Image Size 300 DPI: 52 * 30 cm

Star Trails over Paranal observatory. In a time-exposure image the circling sky (caused by the Earth rotation) is captured over telescopes of the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Pranal, Atacama Desert, Chile. The South Celestial pole appears on the right at center of the rotation.

Keywords for this photo:

2011 - ASTRONOMY - AT1 - AT2 - AT3 - AT4 - CHILE - CIRCUMPOLAR - LANDSCAPE - NIGHT - OBSERVATORY - PARANAL - POSTER - ROTATION - SOUTH CELESTIAL POLE - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR TRAILS - STARRY SKY - VERY LARGE TELESCOPE - VLT -