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Star trails around north celestial pole - Annapurna

author: Jia Hao/Novapix

reference: a-pas01-00124

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 15 cm

Startrail taken from Ghandruk, Nepal on Nov. 09, 2009. Star trails are made by the combination of: the spinning of the Earth, the use of a stationary mount or tripod and a long exposure of the film. As the Earth spins, the stars begin to make concentric circles on the photograph. The closer stars are to Polaris, our North pole star, the smaller their circles. Thar farther away they are, the larger their circles.

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ANNAPURNA - ASTRONOMY - CIRCUMPOLAR - HIMALAYAS - LANDSCAPE - MOONLIGHT - MOUNTAIN - NEPAL - NIGHT - NORTH CELESTIAL POLE - NORTHERN HEMISPHERE - POLE STAR - ROTATION - STAR - STAR TRAILS - STARRY SKY -