PBM

Was in Bemidji most of the day today, while there I stopped in Paul Bunyan Mall for a bit. Right in front of JC Penny is an exhibit called "The World At Night" which has all sorts of fascinating photographic images of the night time sky, stars, aurora, etc. My two faves were "Top of Mauna Kea" by Wally Pacholka and "Analemma" by Tunc Tezel. "Mauna Kea" is a panoramic image of the milky way that has both Polaris and the Southern Cross in it; and "Analemma" is exactly what the name means; a photographic record of the suns travel across the sky over a year. What makes this photo unique is that it includes a total eclipse of the sun that occurred during the analemma. Wow!