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A Notable Photo of the 2015 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest

From the photographer: “I have been on my favorite place for winter-astrophotography in my holidays with my Astrotrac in order to complete my project on the Pleiades. The moon phase was quite right for my duties – but when I arrived on my spot I had to accept this annihilated sky you can see on my pic. But when I recognized the halos around the bright stars I decided to take this one as a single frame (14mm) for TWAN – and here it is…”