Trails of Stars over Paranal by Fred Kamphues

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by Fred Kamphues

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Images such as this one really highlight the movement of our planet through space. As well as travelling on an elliptical path around the Sun, the Earth spins on its axis — and it is this rotational motion that’s responsible for this eye-catching view.

As the Earth rotates, the stars above appear to change position and move through the sky on long arches, creating these eye-catching star trails centred on the south celestial pole. To successfully capture the apparent motion of the stars, photographer Fred Kamphues took multiple long-exposure shots and stacked them together, creating this remarkable photograph.

The illuminated road below leads up to Paranal Observatory, home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). In this image, two of the four main Unit Telescopes (UTs) and the VST can be seen atop the mountain (Cerro Paranal). It is the laser beams from one of these UTs, emphasised by the long exposure photograph, that have created the orange beacon sweeping through the night sky.

Credit: ESO/F. Kamphues

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About Fred Kamphues

Inspired by his father, Fred Kamphues took his first photographs at the age of five. Ever since he has been intrigued by the the story a powerful image can tell. With a strong appetite for travel and adventure, many of Kamphues projects have epic proportions. His shoots range.. Read more…

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