Star Trails: 21 Terrestrial Views of Space by Amateur Photographers

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Timed exposures of the sky at night produce what are known as ‘star trails.’ The movement of the earth makes the exposure of the stars like that of a moving object that produces lines of light. If combined with a well composed image, the results can be quite striking. This collection of star trail photography shows some great examples of this photographic niche which we really enjoyed. Check out the tutorials at the end of the post if you want to know more about star trail photography.

When the sun goes down, the stars come out to play

Photo by Carl Jones

Star Shower

Photo by Carl Jones

You spin me right round, baby right round.

Photo by Carl Jones

Door County Cosmos

Photo by WisDoc

Alignment of Jupiter, Venus and Moon

Photo by Lucas Janin

A Haunted Trail

Photo by J Debner

Under the stars

Photo by James Jordan

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Photo by Aitor Escuariaza

As the World Turns

Photo by Josh Hunter

Castillejos

Photo by Aitor Escuariaza

Fire in the sky

Photo by Carl Jones

Startrails-oliver lake-

Photo by Dream Echos

Leo (and Saturn) Star Trails

Photo by Dave Pearson

Flujos

Photo by Alejandro Amador

StarTrails on a winter nite

Photo by Dream Echos

Night Photography

Photo by Fabers1

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Photo by Forbes Creative

Stars, Tree, Clouds

Photo by Chris D

Zion National Park Star Trails

Photo by Denny Mont

What Goes Around

Photo by Money Leader

Etoiles et falaises

Photo by Flip 42

Star Trail Photo Resources


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  • Tony
    Very cool! Funnily enough just yesterday I was looking at another really cool amateur shot of the Milky Way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/denwo/4110712136/
  • Great set! It's really cool to see some of my fellow night-sky hunters on flickr here. The quality of stuff folks are putting out just keeps getting better and better with new technology.
  • As I'm a big fan of long exposure time photography, specially star trails, the only word I can say after seeing this is: WOW!!!!....

    Specially the one by Aitor Escuariaza. I would love to know the technics behind this picture!!.
    Great post, great inspiration for me.
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