How the hell???

[Terror]

How would this be achieved?

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2010/whoaur8.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=whoaur8.jpg)

[Cyth0n]

It's done in post processing. Here's the tutorial (http://www.3drender.com/light/PolarPan/index.htm).

Here are more examples (http://2photo.ru/2007/10/18/print:page,1,samye_simpotichnye_miniplanety_alexan dre_duretlutz.html).

It's a cool effect, although I've not tried it myself.