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Incredible time-lapse video showcasing the night sky over the South Pole

Posted on February 2, 2026

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We earthlings are blessed to live on an incredibly beautiful planet, and few sights in nature can compare with the night sky over the Earth’s north and south poles.

The short time-lapse video below featuring the night sky over the South Pole really drives home just how beautiful the frigid nights at the poles can be.

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Guess what? Those ‘twinkling’ stars you see in the night sky aren’t actually twinkling at all

Posted on January 27, 2026

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If you’ve ever had the opportunity to view the night sky out in country where there’s no light pollution you probably noticed how the stars seemed to be twinkling.

The thousands of twinkling stars that shine down from the heavens have been fascinating and mesmerizing us humans all throughout our long history.

But there’s a strange truth about those twinkling stars: They don’t really twinkle at all.

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Time-lapse Video: New Zealand and the Milky Way in 8K

Posted on January 6, 2026

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If you’ve been reading my blogs and newsletters for a while you know that I’m a huge fan of time-lapse videos.

Unlike regular videos, time-lapse videos are created by combining many still photographs that captured the same scene over a period of time.

This process is very similar to the way cartoon artists used to draw thousands of pictures and combine them into a sort of flip-book arrangement to create an animated video.  [Read more…]

Which is wider, the continent of Australia or the Moon?

Posted on December 30, 2025

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When we look up into the night sky and see the full moon glowing like a huge ball amongst the stars, it’s easy to imagine that our closest heavenly body must be quite large.

Well, truth be told, it is. The diameter of the moon is 1/4 the diameter of Earth, making it rather large indeed.

But here’s a fun fact for you that might be somewhat hard to believe, but it’s true…  [Read more…]

Time-lapse video: “Sunset to Sunrise”

Posted on February 26, 2024

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Do you enjoy witnessing the incredible beauty of spectacular sunrises and sunsets?

Or perhaps you marvel at the enormity and beauty of the night sky and our amazing Milky Way galaxy?

Well, here’s a very short, but awesome time-lapse video featuring all of those wonderful natural phenomena for your viewing pleasure…  [Read more…]

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