ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES STUDENT KARSTEN KLAWITTER named this picture “Solace” after spending several winter nights under the stars, shooting time-lapse images at Mystic Beach. Because of the 92-second exposure, the brilliant twilight spectacle of Venus leaves a trail in its path. He summed it up pretty well on his Flickr page: “Good times. Relax! This ain’t the mainland!”

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