Star trails at Paranal
A view from the desert landscape around ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile reveals stars' paths — star trails — as they appear to journey through the night sky. Caused by the Earth's rotation relative to a static sky, the stars appear to travel around one fixed point — Earth's Celestial South Pole — which is just visible above the rust-tinted horizon.
Credit:R. Wesson/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | rwesson-paranal-11jan2014-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 12 October 2016, 15:46 |
| Size: | 1920 x 1182 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Star Trails |
| Type: | Local Universe : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Trail : Star |
| Category: | Paranal |
