Star trails over an Andean ice field. Time-exposure image of stars passing over ice penitentes on the Chajnantor Plateau,at an altitude of 5000 metres in the Chilean Andes. Penitentes,or nieves penitentes,are a snow formation found at high altitudes. They take the form of tall thin blades of hardened snow,or ice,closely spaced with the blades oriented towards the general direction of the sun | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Tafreshi, Babak |
Taille de l’image : | 5125 px × 3417 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
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