Uluru Star Trails

I absolutely love long exposure photos of the sky such as this one. There's something about the circular shape of the star lights that remind me of neon city lights despite the setting of the photograph.

It often takes an image such as this for us to realize that we really are just standing on a spinning rock in a motionless universe. The odd color of the earth coupled with its brightness add to the otherworldly effect as well.

At first I couldn't tell whether a fish eye lens was used or the hills naturally made that concave shape at the bottom, and to be honest, I still can't. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/a/a…" width="19" height="19" alt="" title="Sweating a little..."/> The level plateau behind this geographical phenomenon creates quite an interesting optical illusion also.

The only thing that really bothers me about this image is that watermark. I know the artist feels the need to protect his work, but it really takes a lot of quality out of the photograph in my opinion...