<p>Amateur astronomer Alex Cherney captured these star trails as they blazed above Lake Tyrrell, a salt lake in Victoria, <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/australia-guide/">Australia</a>, in October 2011 and posted to The World At Night website December 25, 2012.</p><p>(See <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/photo-journal/fredericks-photography#/01-salt-flats-670.jpg">pictures of another Australian salt lake, Lake Eyre</a>.)</p>
Happy Trails
Amateur astronomer Alex Cherney captured these star trails as they blazed above Lake Tyrrell, a salt lake in Victoria, Australia, in October 2011 and posted to The World At Night website December 25, 2012.
Space Pictures This Week: Ice "Broccoli," Solar Storm
Star trails streak over a salt lake, ice blooms into "broccoli," and the sun sets off sparks in this week's best space pictures.
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