#star trail

[brightsstar]

Next chapter of Star Trail is finally done!!! I am so happy!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[nemfrog]

“Star trails of brighter stars in Orion.” An introduction to astronomy. 1916.

Internet Archive

[aintquiteright]

Castle Trails by Astro_Matt27

[priestess-of-the-north-west]

The Sufis still whirl in a sacred dance or active meditation (mystical Islam) to connect with Allah, God, the Universe, the Source, the Creative Force, Love, Life, Fate or any other way you would prefer to call it.

Our North-Western European pagan ancestors did, too.

May pole dances are a distant reminder, but (ritual) dancing was prohibited by Charles the Great (Charlemagne), who became king of the Franks in 771 and dedicated his life to converting forcing the European tribes to Christianity.

Left: Andromeda Galaxy, by Arnaud Mariat on Unsplash. Right: Star trails by Michael Hull on Unsplash.

There are still some whirling symbols left though.

Ca. 100-200 CE picture stones, Gotland museum, Visby, Sweden.

Some say these whirling wheels represent the Sun. I'm not sure, and I need to contemplate more why I feel I disagree with it (I lean towards something more abstract). (I'll update when I've wrapped my thoughts around it ;) ).

Frankish belt, estimated 7th century (source).

And as a quick thought leap, maybe spirals are a good addition to this story, too. (Thinking out loud here, nothing final.)

Newgrange spirals, Ireland. Estimated 2675-2485 BCE. Photo by Griffin Quinn on Unsplash.

Left: Photo by Rod Long on Unsplash. Right: Photo by Scott Broome on Unsplash.

[rainie-is-seasonchange]

Star trail and milky way over the white deer oshika.

Miyagi, Japan.

[apinkpeonyfrommygarden]

Summer memories 04. Star trail and an orange storm far away in the sea.

[mariagarnidelia]

GARNiDELiA have released a new song to celebrate their 10th anniversary! 

[therealuniverse]

SKY FROM THE EQUATOR This long exposure image, by Kwon O Chul, was made during a complete night by a custom made panoramic film camera; it has captured the startrails around the south celestial pole. The image was taken in July 2010. The photographer was very close to the equator on high altitude slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania when shooting this image. The equatorial region is the only place on Earth where the celestial poles are found right at the horizon. Kilimanjaro is an inactive volcano and the highest mountain in Africa. -TEL http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002976&Sort=Region Kwon, O Chul, TWAN- http://astrokorea.com/kwon572/