Celestial Circles

Is there anything at rest in the Cosmos? The Earth spins on its axis, revolves around the Sun, which in turn revolves around the Milky Way center and so on …The rotation of the Earth creates day and night and makes the Sun rise and set each day, and so do the stars at night. Stay out late for some hours and you can see the stars change their position through the course of the night. Point your camera to Polaris - where the Earth’s rotation axis is currently aiming at - and a long exposure (or many short ones combined) reveals the colorful star trails.

Thanks to all for your kind comments, wishing everyone health and clear skies!

 

Technical info:

Date: September 2nd, 2021

Location: Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece

Camera: CANON EOS 6D

Lens: Tokina AT-X 11-16 F2.8 Pro DX II@16mm

SKY: 118 exposures x 30 secs each, ISO 3200, f/5, stacked with maximum stack mode in Photoshop to produce the Star Trails

FOREGROUND: Stack of 8 images from the same sequence with Mean stack mode to reduce the noise. Composite image was done in Adobe Photoshop CC

 

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