Southern Stars over Southern Mountains

Posted by Aaron Blatt (Burlington VT, United States) on 5 November 2008 in Miscellaneous.

Shot from 12 Mile Delta outside of Queenstown New Zealand with a remote trigger and a fisheye. I'm not much of an astronomer, but I imagine that you get a tighter 'star streak circle' (and I'm also sure there is a name for this that doesn't sound ridiculous as well) like this the closer you are to the axis' of the earth.

Canon EOS 5D
1609 second
F/4.5
ISO 50
15 mm

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