Star trails over rural hotel. Time-exposure image of stars forming light trails in the sky over the buildings of the Herdade Naveterra rural hotel, Ju

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Star trails over rural hotel. Time-exposure image of stars forming light trails in the sky over the buildings of the Herdade Naveterra rural hotel, Juromenha, Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve, Portugal. Star trails (here circling the northern celestial pole) are created on long-exposure images by the Earth's rotation on its axis. Photographed in 2015.

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Photo credit: © MIGUEL CLARO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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