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Night skies over Lake Rotoiti

Night skies over Lake Rotoiti

Faint aurora as seen from Lake Rotoiti, New Zealand

Faint aurora as seen from Lake Rotoiti, New Zealand
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How did you get this without it creating star trails?

Hi Lukebuxton. Apologies for the late reply. This is a panorama of 18 photos. Each photo was taken with a 20 second exposure (f2.8, ISO 10000, 24mm focal length). At that focal length, 20 seconds is short enough to reduce star trails.

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Well done one of my favourite places near is Blue lake but this is great. cheers

I haven't yet made it to Blue Lake, but I hear it's beautiful. Definitely on my to do list.

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