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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Следы звезд над Столовой горой http://www.variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1337881/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Eric Nathan
Explanation:
Stars trail above and urban lights sprawl below in
this moonlit nightscape
from Cape Town, South Africa,
planet Earth.
The looming form of Table Mountain almost seems
to hold terrestrial lights at bay
while the stars circle the planet's
South Celestial Pole.
This modern perspective on the
natural night sky
was captured in June 2014, the scene composed of over
nine hundred, stacked 30 second exposures.
The stunning result was chosen as the winner in the
Against the Lights category, a selection
from over 800 entries in
The
World at Night's 2015 International Earth and Sky Photo Contest.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.