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Ha, ha, no it is not, just take closer look on the star charts, there is about 90 degree discrepancy.

BTW I wish this picture was true, but is not.

Yes I know Chris. I was only making a point proving that there is discrepancy between landscape and sky and that it's not a real picture. Picture like this can never be seen from that location unless we will be hit with large asteroid which will tilt the Earth axis. But I guess there would be nobody...

Oh really ? Can you see The Plough over the South-East horizon there ?

This picture is a fake without a doubt.

The Plough asterism can never be seen over south-east horizon from Iceland, you may try all the dates in Stellarium you want. The plough always can be seen from iceland between North-East and North-West horizon. It will never reach even East or West not to mention South-East as on this faked picture.

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South-East are completely different constellations than on the picture. That's the point and proof, that this pictures is a composite with the 90 degree discrepancy between landscape and night sky.
This picture is as true as the mythological stories below it .

geckzilla.
It can't be from March if Jupiter is in the frame.

But here we go, night sky from Vic on 15 March 2015 below, still 90 degree discrepancy between sky and landscape and picture is still composite fake.

Here is is again with constellations names and lines for clearer view.

This picture is a composite fake and you will never see view like this in real world.

I think something is wrong with your Stellarium Chris. Below is a view of the night sky from Vic location (63.418348, -18.987233) for the date which you have stated, so discrepancy between landmarks and night sky is roughly about 90 deg as indicated on the shot plan. You may fool others but you can'...

Furthermore, have you ever seen The Plough asterism over the Soth-East horizon Chris ? I don't think so, and that where it is in that shot if you agree that rocks in the sea are to the south-east from the camera position.

Unfortunately, I've been there and I do not agree Chris. If you will extrapolate position of the Polaris in the picture, it will be roughly over the left edge of the frame. So to take shot like this, with sea stacks (rocks) more or less in the center of the frame would require lens with field of vie...

Hi Chris. I've concluded direction for night sky part of the shot solely based on the North Star (Polaris) position which is fixed and it does not matter what time of the year it was or what time of the night. Polaris is not visible in the frame but you can extrapolate its position using The Plough ...

It's a fake picture, composite made of 2 completely different pictures. I think note should be added to this picture stating that this is a composite, not realistic picture as one of the goals of APOD website is education and that picture may cause confusion. Imagine somebody will travel to Iceland ...

Hello. This is short footage of latest geomagnetic G2 (KP6) storm, as seen from Caithness in north of Scotland (latitude 58.3 degree north). Storm took place on the night from 27th to 28th of February and was caused by glancing blow of plasma ejected to space by powerful X4.9 Solar Flare produced by...