Atacama star trails

The heavens swirl around a single point �� the celestial south pole �� leaving star trails in its wake. Closer to home, distant orange glows reveal the locations of human civilisation around the Chilean Atacama desert.

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Carlos A. Dur��n/ESO

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Id:	dsc_46831001-cc
Type:	Photographic
Release date:	17 November 2015, 16:08
Size:	4928 x 3280 px

About the Object

Name:	Atacama Desert, Chile, Star Trails
Type:	• Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail : Star
Category:	• Chile

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