Have you ever sat and contemplated the vastness of the universe?
As you well know, we earthlings inhabit a single planet that orbits a single star.
But consider this…
Time-lapse video: American Landscapes and the Night Sky
By now you probably know how much I love time-lapse photography.
There’s just something about the magic of taking a bunch of still photos and combining them to create a “movie” that has always intrigued me.
Today’s video features yet another breath-taking time-lapse featuring the awesome natural beauty of the United States and the glorious heavens above. [Read more…]
Timelapse video: Starscapes
Have you ever had the pleasure of looking up at the night sky on a pitch-dark night, in a location that was far, far away from the nearest town or city lights?
If so, you were probably amazed at all the stars, nebulae and other magical objects that filled the unfiltered night sky.
And of course you were likely blessed to witness the breathtaking spectacle of our Milky Way galaxy as it dominated the vista overhead. [Read more…]
Watch this incredible time-lapse video showcasing the night sky over the South Pole
We humans 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.
Guess what? The ‘twinkling’ stars you see in the night sky aren’t really twinkling at all.
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.