Stars In The Night Sky - Stunning Images

These stunning images show the beauty of the night skies from across the globe. Captured by Iranian astrophotographer Babak Tafreshi, 31, the images were created using long exposures. Here, the Milky Way, the planet Jupiter and the constellation Scorpius can be clearly seen

Capella, the sixth brightest star in the night sky, rises above the top of the world at Mount Everest. To the right is Mt. Lhutse. The mountains and the Buddhist stupa in the foreground are illuminated by the moonlight

A time lapse photograph of the Himalayas and the night sky showing the rotation of the Earth

The Milky Way and the planet Jupiter shine above the tomb of Cyrus in Pasargadae; a 2500-year old World Heritage Site in southern Iran

The Aurora Borealis appears above a fjord in the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway

The Milky Way photographed from the floor of a canyon on the island of Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf

The coastline of Normandy, France, looking down on the cliffs of Etretat. Through a thin layer of clouds the prominent constellation of Orion is visible at left and the V-shape head of Taurus, the Bull, is notable at right

Stars of Big Dipper (Ursa Major) above early spring flowered gardens of the Haraz valley, Alborz Mountains, Iran

A moonlit night illuminates the rugged, snow-covered peaks of the Alborz Mountain Range in northern Iran

The constellations of the southern sky looking towards the centre of the Milky Way. This image was taken near the city of Campo, Brazil