It was couple nights ago that Monday Night Football turned out quite uninteresting and my attempts to get a certain program compiled were moving in an undesirable direction - it was just around the same time that Tim and Kyle suggested that we go out to shoot some star trails. Though Kyle stayed back in Houghton to study for exams or something like it (but we all know what you did Kyle), /me drove behind Tim, Peter and Kevin out to Misery Bay.

Surrounded by pitch darkness glittering with stars above our head (clouds did make a hollywood villain-like appearance blocking our view for a while in certain directions) and by a rather calm Lake Superior in almost every direction below our feet, it was quite an experience to set up the gear in those you-know-what freezing conditions. Unfortunately enough, the back up battery I thought I had didn’t really back me up. So, I ended up shooting just couple of shots and only one of them was anyway near decency limits (shot is a result of just 11 minutes exposure).

Not a very good one, but will live with it (can you see Orion Constellation in the trails?)

If you are wondering Stars don’t move. This (and such other photos) are bull crap. Must be some Photoshop effects…, following scientific/astronomical explanation might be convincing: Even if stars appear to stay still, our very own free round trip around the Sun takes earth at about 67,000 miles an hour (yeah, who knew we moved so fast?) and earth rotates about its own axis at about 1000 miles every hour…

PS: Feel free to check out Tim, Kyle, Peter and/or Kevin’s pictures. You may expect better ones from me in the near future…