Star Trails

This pretty, surrealistic long exposire picture was taken from the Gemini South observatory in Cerro Pachon, Chile. The Gemini observatory is manned by an international partnership, the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation. There are Gemini observatories in seven countries, including Chile, the UK, and the US.
This picture is an hour and forty minute exposure, and captures many star "trails," including the South Celestial Pole in the center, and the Megellanic Clouds near the middle of the circle. The circles form a path of the earth's daily rotation.