Stars hill cityscape lights green blue shooting stars star trails valley. A green glow clearly visible in the trail of this shooting star indicates the presence of burning copper. The term shooting stars came from the time that meteors were not known as meteors yet they actually thought stars were falling from the sky and shooting across the sky. Ive always found photos of star trails the arcs the stars paint across the sky as the earth turns fascinating. Green fireballs have been given natural man made and extraterrestrial origins and have become associated with both the cold war and ufology.
Hydrogen causes red and oxygen causes the blue and green. Two methods for shooting star trails made easy this image was created as a single exposure. There are a few ways to go about shooting star trails. Silicates which contain a form of the element silicon glow red.
Blue hills shooting stars. The star trails are dimmer due to the smaller aperture the fact that the moon was still in the sky and light pollution from the city in the distance seen as the glow to the right. Exposure time was 30 minutes iso 100 f56. We will start with the basics that do not change whether one is using a film camera or digital camera.
Free download high quality and. How to capture stunning star trail photos in light polluted places. River landscape shooting stars digital art space city moon stars star trails night boat wallpaper. The amount of visible stars will greatly increase the farther away you get from any town.
Before we get started i suggest getting into your car and driving far away from the city. Iron one of the most common elements found in meteors glows yellow. Stars shooting stars space art nature milky way sky snow mountains space wallpaper. Different elements emit different colored light when they burn.
The blue was the type of gas being burned off in our atmosphere which oxygen.