From the pristine desert of Mungo National Park in southeastern Australia, the stars shine as brightly as anywhere on Earth.  In this time exposure facing due south, the stars appear to wheel around the South Celestial Pole as the Earth rotates during the night.  Unlike in the Northern Hemisphere sky, however, there is no bright star that marks this position.  The pink smudge on the lower left is the trail left by the bright Eta Carina Nebula.  The faint white smudge entering the picture near the top left center is the Large Magellanic Cloud.