Car lights, star bright...

From Morrilton I headed just a bit further west to a small bridge that crosses over Interstate 40. The bridge was apparently put in place so that a farmer could access his farmland, which meant that it would be an ideal spot for pictures since it's hardly ever used.



It was clear skies, which was perfect for star trail photos. But it was a little cold - the temperature would drop to about freezing, which is slightly unpleasant when you're just sitting in your car while the camera takes pictures for a few hours (don't worry about me, I survived). I would find out later that it wasn't the most ideal spot, bright lights on the cars and trucks caused some lens flare which I had to clumsily try to fix in Photoshop afterwards (without messing up the movement of the stars in the shots). Also trucks would cause the bridge to shake, which in turn shook the camera and made for a few blurry images. But this is the resulting image - it's made from 220 images stacked together, which creates the star trails. However, the streaks of light on the freeway at the bottom are from just a few minutes worth of images (after two hours the freeway looked a wee bit overexposed).