Spinning in Infinity

by bzimmer from EVANSVILLE CA on 29 Jul 2025

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A 63-minute time exposure shows multi-coloured star trails spinning around the North Star, just out of the frame top right. Note how the trails farthest away, on the left side, are straight, indicating their status as equatorial stars, while the closer the trails are to the North Star, the more pronounced their arcs, and the shorter they are.

Camera: Canon EOS R8
Focal: 19 mm
Shutter speed: 3774 sec
Aperture: f/ 4.5

tagged: astrophotography astrophotograph stars star trails space cosmic cosmos trees silhouette time exposure timed night nighttime nature natural colorful colourful science scientific motion movement sky astronomical astronomy dark constellations long circumpolar polaris north pole celestial circular beautiful manitoulin island blue white orange black arcing bodies clear colour image color curving glowing luminous nobody around northern lights outdoors starry_sky atmospheric_phenomenon darkness midnight astronomical_object