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Celestial Equator

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted April 4, 2011128 views13 comments

Hi all,

The Celestial equator is the place of the sky where the stars seem to travel in a straight line as it is in the middle between both celestial poles.

The photo shows Star Trails at the celestial equator region over a volcanic lagoon of Patagonia.

Thanks for the feedback and the WCs!

Luis

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by RL Potts on April 4, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Dazzling. Astounding. Perfect. In the sky, every corner leaves me wanting more. That's a good thing I guess. Still, I am hoping you did a version with a wider coverage that caught more of the patterns. Thanks for posting this.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on April 4, 2011 at 2:21 PM

Just stunning Luis, perfect shot!

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Comment posted by Mark Zemmin on April 4, 2011 at 3:42 PM

Beautiful. The way the star trails arc in different directions is awesome. Great shot.

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Comment posted by Joe Becker on April 4, 2011 at 3:58 PM

A truly amazing shot, I love looking at it!

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on April 4, 2011 at 5:20 PM

Luis, a wonderful image that I like very much. Wonderful composition showing something I've never seen before: the divergence of the star trails north or south of the equator. Curious as to how wide a lens you used as I wouldn't have thought this diffenence would show up so well until a greater distance from the equator. Thanks for posting this.

Peter

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on April 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM

Ty for the feedback!!! Really appreciated!

Peter: It's a 14mm shot on Full-Frame. I was at 42 degrees south of latitude so the Celestial South Pole is at 42 degrees towards the top-left of the image. The North Celestial pole is always below the horizon towards the bottom-right of the photo. The area imaged is around the Orion Constellation, that's an easy find so you can try it too!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 4, 2011 at 7:09 PM

That is just way cool!

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on April 4, 2011 at 8:30 PM

Outstanding! I can't recall ever having seen a photograph such as this where the star trails are curving in different directions.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on April 5, 2011 at 7:55 PM

Awesome, Luis! I love it.

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Comment posted by Grant Collier on April 5, 2011 at 7:57 PM

This is nicely done. I like the simplicity of it...

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on April 6, 2011 at 8:45 PM

Luis:
Just simply beautiful and stunning. Congrats

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Comment posted by Varina Patel on April 11, 2011 at 9:18 AM

This is great, Luis! I love the usual star trails - this is unique and truly beautiful. The very subtle reflections on the smooth water add depth and beauty as well. Gorgeous!

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on April 11, 2011 at 10:45 AM

Ty for the comments and feedback!

The Lagoon is called "La Azul" meaning "The Blue" I thought it was really suited for the WC.

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