Mauna Kea Star Trails - [EXPLORED]

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Explore #1 on Apr 21, 2011

This picture was published as "picture of the month" in National Geographic Deutschland

Wow, this picture made it in the National Geographic Daily Dozen on May 17, 2011

This is my very first star trails attempt.

The picture was taken on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, the highest point on earth (measured from the center it's higher than Mt. Everest because it's closer to the Equator). I've never seen so many stars in my life!

The picture consists of 22 single frames, each taken at f/4, ISO 100, 16 mm and exposure time of a little more than 4 minutes, which makes it a total 90 minutes exposure.
I stitched the pictures in Photoshop to create this image.

Special thanks go to DanB, who was a big help in explaining, how star trails work and who shared his long experience with me! Check out his amazing star trails work, I can't even come close!

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  1. vag..k 13 months ago | reply

    beautiful shot in a magical place :)

  2. Keith Lovett Photography 8 months ago | reply

    cool! I appreciate the time you take in explaining how your images are created. You offer a lot of information and I thank you!!

  3. atish. 7 months ago | reply

    This winter Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi and the Amateur Astronomers Association, Delhi, brings you IAPF (India AstroPhoto Festival). IAPF, India’s first astronomy-photography festival, will take place in New Delhi from Dec 8th till Dec 30th.

    I would like to invite you to send entries for the IAPF exhibition (India Astro-photo Festival - India's First Astronomy Photo Festival) at Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi. Last date of submission 10th November 2012.

    for details check
    www.nehruplanetarium.org/taarewiki/pmwiki.php?n=Site.Astr...

    or
    www.facebook.com/pages/India-Astro-photo-Festival/3633430...

  4. dragonflydreams88 4 months ago | reply

    . . . superb!!!

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