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Star Trails Over Mountain Lake

A long-exposure night photograph shows circular star trails centered above a small island with spruce trees in the middle of a calm, reflective lake, surrounded by snow-capped mountains under a crescent moon.

Star trails wheeling round the pole star above Spirit Island on Maligne Lake in Jasper, the little island's spruces black against the circles, the snowy peaks behind lit pale by a thin moon from the left, the lake still and holding the arcs, 24mm long exposure, a palette of ice blue, black and silver See more

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