Starship Asterisk*

l3p3r wrote:This is the first image of this type (the long exposure one) in which I've seen such clear differentiation of the colours of the stars ... does this require some kind of special camera or setup/post processing?

IRIDIUM satellite traces of Mount Teide. Taken from the Plain of Ucanca shortly after sunset where the landscape is illuminated with light of the sunset and the appearance of the first stars. It can be seen the reflection of the satellite in the large puddle of water.

Trace star of Mount Teide. 4 ½ hours total exposure which is pointing toward the North Star, the traces of the stars reflected in a large puddle of water coming from the heavy rains of previous days. Also, a trace of a satellite IRIDIUM

Pit wrote:A pool of water. Of that size. Close to Teide. Sure.....

• It could be some sort of an act of MAGEC:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide wrote:
<<Mount Teide is an active volcano which last erupted in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the Santiago (northwestern) rift. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park and is located on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Prior to the 1495 Spanish colonization of Tenerife, the native Guanches referred to the volcano as Echeyde. According to legend, Guayota (devil) abducted MAGEC (god of light and the sun), and took him inside Echeyde. The Guanches Achamán asked their supreme God for clemency. Achamán hit Guayota, MAGEC was lifted from the bowels of Echeyde and plugged the crater with Guayota in it and since then Guayota remains locked inside Teide. When entering Teide erupting, it was customary that the Guanches lit bonfires to scare a Guayota.The Guanches also believed that Echeyde held up the sky. The many "hiding" found in the mountains with archaeological remains of stone tools and pottery have been interpreted as deposits rituals to counter the influence of evil spirits (evil genius).

El Teide is a volcano of Vesuvius type. At 3718 m above sea level, and approximately 7500 m above the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, it is the highest mountain in Spain, highest point in the Atlantic Ocean and the 13th highest mountain in the European Union (highest mountain not in the Alps). The island of Tenerife itself is the third largest volcanic ocean island on Earth by volume. Teide is also the third highest volcano on a volcanic ocean island. It is also unstable and possibly in a more advanced stage of deformation and failure than the much publicised Cumbre Vieja. The United Nations Committee for Disaster Mitigation designated Teide as a Decade Volcano, because of its history of destructive eruptions and its proximity to several large towns, of which the closest are Garachico, Icod de los Vinos and Puerto de la Cruz.

El Pico del Teide (The Peak of Teide) is the modern Spanish name attributed to the volcano. The Lunar mountain, Mons Pico, part of the Montes Teneriffe mountain range, situated in the inner ring of the lunar mare Imbrium, was named after this 18th Century version by Johann Schröter.>>

petsie wrote: if I follow the link to the Iridium satelite, I get a page describing the collision and destruction of two satelites. Does the visible trail come from
a) a successor of Iridium 33 (my first guess)
b)the field of debrish of Iridium 33 which is somehow close together (if so, I misunderstood http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090218.html )
c) some sweeties thrown into space by LGM