These first images were cobbled together pretty quickly, and we didn’t go out of our way for a good, dark location. With some planning and refinement the results can potentially be much nicer than this.

These are all 10- to 15-second exposures.

The ring of fire:
Cola wars:
Big snake. Ostensibly a python:
Tron Legacy light cycle:
Total project time, starting from zero Python experience to having a working demo, photographs and a tutorial, was about two days. Great things are afoot!
Update: Here's a quick test Ladyada did in Adafruit warehouse last night, shot with a phone!

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