| Events in the Night Sky copyright 1999-2002 Stan Richard |
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| Autumn Star Trails - Oct.13, 2002 |
| Location: Backbone State park near Strawberry Point, Iowa Time: 12:00 - 6:00am Lens: 28mm Aperture: f/8 Exposure: 6 hrs Film: Fuji Provia 100F Processing: Transparency scanned at 2700 dpi, levels tweaked in Picture Window Pro to match original Notes: SE direction, over-exposed, clear, 30 degrees F. |
| Jupiter, Saturn and the stars in the constellations of Orion, Taurus and Gemini leave trails in the early morning autumn sky as the earth rotates during this six hour exposure. A car's headlights will also leave trails as seen at the bottom right. My wife and I were fast asleep in our Mountaineer (foreground) and fortunately I had to get out early "to go find a tree" and then close the shutter on the camera otherwise the shot would have been completely ruined by the approaching dawn light. |
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