SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Lone Scot's pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) and star trails with the north star, Abernethy forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.
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Juergen Freund / Timelapse of Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) at night, with star trails, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016.
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Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Nudibranch (Flabellina pellucida) on a kelp frond with star trails. Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
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Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with red dunes, and star trails, Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.
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Solvin Zankl / English oak tree (Quercus robur) silhouetted against orange sky with star trails, Nauroth, Germany, October.
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Bence Mate / Star trails above forest at night, Hungary.
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Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) flying to nest with star trails in sky above, Estonia, May. Winner of the Birds category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
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Yukihiro Fukuda,Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese fireflies (Luciola cruciata) in flight at night, endemic species, Yaku-shima UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kagoshima, Japan, May
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Jack Dykinga / Star trails in sky over Alabama Hills, BLM eroded granite formation know as Mobius Arch. Eastern Sierra, California. May 2012.
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Charlie Summers / Stars draw traces above Naabi Hill acacia trees, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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Eric Medard / Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri) flying low over water to drink, with long-exposure star-trails. France, Europe, July.
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Inaki Relanzon / Dolmen d'Eyna at night, with a long exposure capturing star trails. Eyne, Pyrenees, France, September 2010.
