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The graceful arc of star trails across the night sky is one of the easiest astro-images to capture. Nevertheless, these timeless photos of infinity continue to fascinate and delight us.
The following photo gallery offers a collection of star trail images shot from Lake Titicaca, BOLIVIA.
Click on each thumbnail to see a larger image.
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Circumpolar Star Trails Over Bolivia (97SS51w)
The southern stars gracefully arc over a shore-side cabana at Lake Titicaca. The two hour time exposure demonstrates the rotation of Earth on its axis by revealing the apparent motions of the stars.
Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
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Mud Huts and Star Trails (97SS62w)
Circumpolar star trails mark the south celestial pole as they circle above native Bolivian mud huts on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
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Star Trails Over Titicaca - I (97SS49w)
The southern stars gracefully arc over a shore-side cabana at Lake Titicaca. The half hour time exposure demonstrates the rotation of Earth on its axis by revealing the apparent motions of the stars.
Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
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Star Trails Over Titicaca - II (97SS50w)
The southern stars gracefully arc over a shore-side cabana at Lake Titicaca. The one hour time exposure demonstrates the rotation of Earth on its axis by revealing the apparent motions of the stars.
Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
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Huts and Ra II (97SS63w)
A long time exposure reveals the motion of the stars against a foreground of reel huts and a scale model of Thor Heyerdal's Ra II.
Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
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Star Trails Over Cabana (97SS36w)
The southern stars gracefully arc over a shore-side cabana at Lake Titicaca. The two hour time exposure demonstrates the rotation of Earth on its axis by revealing the apparent motions of the stars.
Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia)
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Last revised: 2008 Feb 11
