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Fire Glow and Star Trails at Sunset Crater
Explanation: Stars gracefully arc over the glow from a not too distant forest fire in this dramatic time exposure . A recent camping trip with family and friends to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA produced the opportunity to record the subtle lighting from Earth and sky . Pointed south with the shutter held open for five minutes, camera and tripod were fixed to planet Earth, producing the gently curving, concentric star trails - a reflection of the planet's daily rotation about its axis. Rising beyond the forest fire's glow is the slope of Sunset Crater , a cinder cone produced by volcanic eruptions some 900 years ago.
| Date | July 7, 2005 |
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| Credit | Credit & Copyright: Rick Scott |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |