This is one incredible shot. I don't remember any photograph I've seen which gave me a real sense that the earth is just a big spinning ball. I cannot wait to show this to my son.

This is one of the best photos of star trails I have seen. I think this should of been used in place of the camel photograph, which even though everyone else likes, I think is unoriginal and should not have been shot in sepia

Very nice. Wish I could see it larger!

Beautiful, just plain beautiful. :)

What aperture did you have the 17mm f2.8 (or is it a f3.5?) lens set at for 3.5 hours?

I like the photo, the tent's lights and the city's lights in the distance give this photo a real nice christmas feeling :), but the stars I don't like so much. All in all a pretty good photo, even thought the composition could gain if there were less sky, but I guess you wanted to show the turning stars :(

Outstanding! This is one of those images we don't easily forget.

Very nice shot. When I opened the whole picture it looked even better than it did in the "voting window". Now I'll go with an 8/8.

Nice shot. Good color and composition.

I've been taking star trails like this for years and never had anything remotely this great! Congrats on a wonderful image.

The tents are lovely... please tell us more about the image.

Congratulation!

I like it a lot. How did you get the red on the horizon that well without overexposing residual daylight?

Philippe

I love it.!!! I think that this is one of the finest and best executed visual/technical photographs that I have seen in YEARS.

Great job Dan.

Bob Fatone Niantic, Connecticut (former) Member A.S.M.P. (1978)

I love this shot . I really like the colors . I like how the stars kinda fade to little streaks near the left hand side of the frame . Your a bastard because I dont think I would ever have the chance to get a nice picture like this.

Wow - just give me a moment. I wish I could take pictures like this. 10/10

I've seen quite a few star trail shots, and this one really has a great deal of originality to it. Nice composition, great colors, very intriguing.

Enough with the "you suck" and "you're a bastard, because", it's not clever, it's just stupid. (I don't care if it's trendy.) Innnnnnnnncredible photo and I agree, best trails I've seen yet - and to balance that with a SUCCESSFULL exposure of the buildings below, yowza. Did you use a GND filter on the landscape by any chance? (I would've thought the houses would burn out over that long, unless they were Really dim.) Please tell us all you dare, and on a lesser note, the composition is excellent, more landscape would have just made this shot more average.

You were asking for it.. As for the pic, it's just great! I love the tents..

Getting the stability of the glacier and tents in the foreground to contrast the movement of the stars is masterful. And the exposure of the gently glowing tents - I love it!

Lovely. Intelligent. Original. Clever. Smartarsed. Serendipitious. Professional. Sensational. I hate you, Dan.

Are you sure your Tiffen FL-D filter was supposed to fully compensate mercury street lights? I'm using Hoya FL-DAY and it leaves the green color of mercury lights almost unchanged, while improving the color of household fluorescent lights.

This is one of the most amazing photographs I have ever seen. I am in awe of it beyond the point where I can offer any meaningful commentary, great job.

Can't get much better.

This is seriously one of the best pictures I have ever seen. Did you go to photography school? If so where? How do you always know exactly which filter to use for different situations? Keep up the excellent work!!!

It's because of photographs like this one that make me feel photography has no limits. This is a brilliant photograph with what seems me has a perfect balance between technical precision and artistic expression........Thank you for sharing this photograph with us!

Thats an amazing shot... I just can't stop staring at it. The tents look like alien beeding pods. :)

This is absolutely one of my favourite pictures and also one of the best star trail pics what I have seen! The colourful sky makes this picture hard to forget.

I cant say how much i want to take this, how long was the exposure?

Awesome Photography Thank you for sharing it with us.

Or is that tinkle tinkle, as the bathroom trips are required for the lit tents. Polaris is awful close to the horizon, which must mean you were close to the equator.

I believe this is my first 10-10 score given. Simply breath-taking. Thanks so much for all the details provided - really gives us a feel for what we are looking at and what you did to capture this fanstastic image!!!

I'm not sure if anything could have been done better, and even if it could, I don't care. This shot is FANTASTIC!

I would stand at the bottom of a mountain, motionless out of fear of heights, only to strive on for a greater fear that i will never be able to create beauty like this unless I get their. A Superb piece of work.

what can I say that no one else has said . WOW!

it must had been a great efford, but the result is outstanding. well done

I stared at this photo for a long, long time trying to think of something witty and meaningful that would add to the general consensus. This is simply an amazing photo, and I believe it is the first 10/10 I have ever given.

For years i've been dreaming to go to the Kilimandjaro. And for years I've been dreaming to make a photo like that (sort off anyway). I still havn't visiting Kilimandjaro, and for the second, I'm not going you to show you my trials, as they suck. Lucky you!!! PS: as for your batteries, the Eos 1V (and Eos 3) are the only cameras who don't use batteries when the shutter is up...

It's terrific. I really wish I did it. it's really a beautyfull shot. I tried once to do such a shot of the Mont Blanc, but light pollution bothered it (published here). I'll try again as soon as I can. If you have tips, do not esitate !! please ;-)

Congratulations! outstanding picture. However, just as a small comment, there is nothing like a southern star (there are no visible stars next to the sothern celestial pole).

Simply PERFECT

you are increadable. well done. i admire your work

extreme beautiful

I would be extremly happy if some of my shots came out half as good as this!

congrats on the cover shot!

Congrads for making it the March 03 Popular Photogrpahy cover shot! This is one my favourite picuture!

Congratulations on the Pop Photo cover.

Congratulations. Wonderful work.

Just fantastic Dan, my congratulations on the Cover Shot too. They have good taste.

Congratulations. Thanks for all the good information on set up.

I like the where the star trails start and stop, and the colors in the sky, and and the detail on the ground, and . . . .

I just got my magazine in the mail a few days ago, and greatly admired you photo. What a surprise to find it here. Reading the shot info is especially interesting. This is just a SUPER effort.

Great Shot. Very creative

This is a wonderful image. I'm so glad to see a shot from photo.net on the cover of a major photography magazine. Well done!

It is nice seeing a cover on Pop. Photography that I recognized from browsing this site last fall. Congrats!

Then saw it again the other day on cover of Pop Photo congrats. Beautiful photo.

Congratulations on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day 2003 March 7: http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030307.html

Never seen better.

Congratulations on the Pop Photo cover.

Stunning.

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Polarizing!

I don't believe this. How many times have seen this picture, and it seems I have never commented yet... An exceptional image, and imo one of the very best pictures on this site. Hats off to you ! Cheers.

definitely fantastic !!!

Outstanding picture, very inspiring and beautiful. It makes my digital camera look like a useless toy.

You have just hit it out of the park with this one...I really appreciate your own comments explaining this photo - it's a masterpiece! A small criticism - I'm not a fan of "signature" / website writing right on the photo - perhaps that could have been put on a frame? I'm going to email a link to your site to my friends - it's fantastic!

i like the composition, the green clouds, the stars' lines. great picture. very very compliments.

Wonderful picture of nature, very scientific.

I first came across this photo on Dan's site, while trying to get some info on star trails... this and a few others were about the most breathtaking photos of their type that I had seen. I'm still striving for anything close to this... I just hope I don't have to go to Kilimanjaro to get it.

Hello Dan,

Awesome photograph, artistically and technically. Would you please share the technical details of the photograph? Lense used, Shutter speed, Aperture and the film? Lately, I have been trying night photography and my limited knowledge isn't producing what my mind sees.

Thanks, Sachin

One of my fav Pop Photo covers, why did this not get POW?

The colors and composition of this photo astound me, you are a lucky person to be taking the shot and clearly show immense skill in photography, as these circumstances could have shifted quickly south for you but you managed to pull this off

I too have shot star trials but what makes this special is the landscape underneath it. Spherical tents with a spherical sky. Thanks fo sharing.

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This is absolutely stunning! Thanks for showing off God's beautiful earth ;) Cheers too for the detailed description of how you got this once in a lifetime shot

Africa from a cosmic point of view is also stunning, as I can see. cheers Jana

Fantastic!!!

Hi there! Terrific shot, Dan! It is actually one of my favorites in Star trail photography. I like the composition with the illuminated tents and the glow of the Milky Way. That is one of my favorite types of photography. Congrats!