Sahara Star Trails — Erg Chebbi Circle
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A two-hour star trail composite above the great orange sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, Morocco — the complete celestial rotation arc centred on Polaris traced above a solitary desert camp fire.
Description
Made from a position atop the 150-metre crest of Erg Chebbi’s main dune system near Merzouga, this star trail composite combines 240 consecutive 30-second exposures spanning two full hours of darkness. During this period the Earth’s rotation moves each star through a 30-degree arc, producing the characteristic curved trails that converge toward Polaris — the near-stationary northern celestial pole — visible in the upper-left quadrant of the frame. The warm amber glow of a traditional Berber camp fire below illuminates the dune face and provides a human-scale anchor to the vast astronomical spectacle above. The Milky Way core is still partly visible in the shorter individual frame composites merged in the trail gaps. This image required a Bortle Class 1 dark sky site and two consecutive clear nights to achieve the required trail length.
