Photography
#lightning #Marc Sellés Llimós #stars
Brilliant Star Trails Sweep Above a Fierce Tangle of Lightning in a Striking Photo
Image © Marc Sellés Llimós, shared with permission
Back in June, Marc Sellés Llimós photographed multiple instances of illumination in a single nighttime sky. From the village of Manlleu, Osona, where he lives and works, Sellés Llimós captured a fierce thunderstorm as it raged on the other side of the Serra de Bellmunt mountain in Carcassonne, France. The 380-image composite shows a brilliant tangle of lightning below sweeping star trails, produced with a slow, six-minute exposure. According to NASA, which featured the work as one of its astronomy photos of the day, the trails reflect the Earth’s daily rotation around its axis, and the extent of their curvatures represents the distance from the north pole.
Head to Instagram to purchase a print and to see an archive of Sellés Llimós’s photos. (via Peta Pixel)
#lightning #Marc Sellés Llimós #stars
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