Exposures from 30 minutes to 9 hours showing the rotation of Earth. Most of the pictures
are taken on Kodachrome 64 using lenses 24mm f=2 (120-150 min exposures), 16mm f=2.8
(270-330 min exposures) or 8mm f=2.8 (270-330 min exposures). This is lazy astrophotographer's harvest...Yes, to be honest if I feel extremely exhausted but still can't help going out for night, then this gives a solution: aim a few cameras and have 2-5 hour naps during exposures! Usually star trails are shot always when I'm out and when there is no wind. Sometimes it is extremely frustrating to erect several cameras on different locations in the forrest and to put a lot of effort in carrying also car batteries there to keep lenses free of frost and fog; then after an hour's exposure or so I hear gusts of wind arriving through the forrest and as soon as they hit the trees or sea surface, pictures are lost (trees become fuzzy or reflection is spoiled).
Note in image tv00123 (9 hours' exposure) how stars south of equator seem to bend downwards while those north of equator seem it bend upwards. Image tv02044 has star trails, a trail of crescent moon and also a trail of rising sun (through a 24 stop ND-filter).
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tv02311
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tv00332
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tv00422
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tv01731
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tv01922
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tv01622
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tv01132
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tv01312
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tv02122
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tv02133
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tv02141
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tv01623
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tv01621
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tv00324
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tv01032
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tv00343
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tv00443
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tv01554
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tv00924
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tv02834
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tv01532
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tv01933
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tv02652
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tv02642
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tv02621
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tv02711
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tv02712
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tv02744
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tv00534
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tv02633
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tv00122
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tv00943
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tv02044
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tv00123
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tv02651
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tv02654
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tv02733
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tv02751
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