Photo of the Day

Dec. 28 2012


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"The eye of Polaris from Coronado Heights"

Photo of the Day: December 28, 2012. An Editors' Pick from our 2012 Photo Contest.
Mike Beauchamp (Wichita, KS); Photographed August 01, 2012, Coronado Heights, Lindsborg, KS


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Comments (4)

That is one spectacular photo! Someone was very resourceful to be at that sport at that time. As a former resident of Lindsborg, Coranado Heights has always been significant to me. It is a beautiful vantage point in midsummer when the fields are covered with golden grain.

Posted by Betty J. Ludwig on December 31,2012 | 12:07 PM

Magical....A really unique place to visit at anytime, but this photo is amazing.

Posted by Susan Bowlby on December 30,2012 | 01:47 PM

So why are the concentric circles of the stars of variable intensity? Were those periods in which clouds covered the view or what is the reason for the large variations? Why are the central tracks not complete? The circles are due to the spin of the Earth about it's polar axis. Can the orbit of the Earth around the Sun be detected in such a photographic exposure?

Posted by Willy Roentgen on December 30,2012 | 07:48 AM

What an amazing picture. It looks like an extraterrestrial invasion.

Posted by Luiz Claudio Rodrigues Barbosa on December 28,2012 | 09:56 AM



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