Open Title

I tried to make this picture look kinda raw and keep other frills to a minimum. It's also lacking a title. It's so easy to come up with all kinds of interesting interpretations of what the artwork could symbolize. I thought I better don't spoil it for you by adding one of my clumsy headlines.
However, I would be curious to hear if it's speaking to you and maybe what titles you would give it.

Tracing Stars

These are the movements of the stars within one hour seen from the Mauna Kea volcano on the island of Hawaii. I used to think it's super difficult to take such pictures. A couple of weeks ago in California I ran into a photographer who took pictures like these. He explained it to me in two sentences. In fact, there is absolutely nothing to it. You point at the sky and take either one super long exposure (if your camera can do that), or take a bunch of shorter ones and blend them together in photoshop. That's all. Of course it helps to have a great night sky.In this picture here one could get the illusion of seeing whole circles, but that's not the case. For that I would have to wait till earth rotated 360 degrees. And as we all know, that would take 24 hours. So since I only captured one hour, we only see 15 degrees, is that right? So far with my astro knowledge.

The zig-zagging lights on the mountain are the light traces of cars going to the summit of the mountain where the Mauna Kea Observatories are located. I went up there before taking this picture. Man..that was an experience. The lack of oxygen made me feel super dizzy. It's located 14,000 feet above sea level.

El Pulpo Mecanico

This was probably the most eye catching vehicle at Burning Man this year. I see photographers keep posting pictures of it on facebook etc. So here is my little contribution. If you wish to learn more about it or see videos of it in action, you can follow this link: http://www.elpulpomecanico.com

So what's up with my travels? I'm leaving Hawaii today. My suitcase is packed for New Zealand!