<p>Taken in Chile's Atacama Desert by a European Southern Observatory staff photographer, this long-exposure picture shows the stars seeming to revolve around the celestial south pole.</p>
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Taken in Chile's Atacama Desert by a European Southern Observatory staff photographer, this long-exposure picture shows the stars seeming to revolve around the celestial south pole.
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