Circumpolar star trails over the moonlit Mimbres Valley near Lake Roberts in the Gila National Forest, in southwest New Mexico.

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Circumpolar star trails over the moonlit Mimbres Valley near Lake Roberts in the Gila National Forest, in southwest New Mexico. Illumination is from the waxing gibbous moon. Polaris is at upper left, while the stars of the Big Dipper are rising at right, with just the Bowl’s Pointer stars visible at the start of the sequence, then rising to bring the entire Big Dipper above the horizon, with Alkaid, the end star of the handle, just clearing the ridge at right.

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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