Revolutions

This is 3.5 hours of star trails revolving around the Southern Celestial Pole (SCP) over Mt Ruapehu - the North Island of New Zealand’s highest peak and only active land-based volcano. What are star trails I hear you say? They are the movement of stars over time and are captured by setting up a motion-free timelapse that captures the stars revolving around the SCP - an imaginary point in the sky that the stars appear to revolve around. Fun Fact: it is actually the earth that turns that creates the movement! This is the first and only image of its' kind ever captured from this location and one that has been on my bucket-list for years. To finally have the winter alpine skills and confidence...View all