Iztok Bonäcina / ESO

The stars rotate around the southern celestial pole during a night at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in northern Chile, as seen in this time-exposure photo released Oct. 25. The fuzzy parts in the trails on the right are due to the Magellanic Clouds, two small galaxies neighboring the Milky Way.

Amazing star trails from Chile

By James Cheng

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Comment author avatarSBPhrog

Tweezle, twazzle, tweezle, twho, time for this one to come home.

    Reply#1 - Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:15 PM EST
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