Time Lapse Video From the Cleanest, Darkest Sky on Earth

[rgray222]

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Ancients
from Nicholas Buer, 1 week ago NOT YET RATED
This film follows the ancient cycle of sunset, to night, to sunrise. A continuous loop of perpetual movement that has been unbroken since the dawn of time, and the only true constant in our lives.
I shot this film over 12 days around the San Pedro de Atacama region of Northern Chile. San Pedro is an oasis town in the Atacama and sits at an altitude of 2600m. The town is a great base to explore the fascinating landscapes that surround it, and everything just goes up and up.

The Atacama is well-known for what are arguably the cleanest, darkest skies on Earth. The dry air adds an extra transparency and this coupled with the altitude creates a night sky like no other. I visited at a time when Venus was situated quite close to the centre of the Milky Way; an astronomical event that only takes place every 8 years or so. I also timed my visit with the Autumn equinox which is a good time of year to capture Zodiacal light; the celestial phenomenon caused by sunlight scattering interplanetary space dust in the Zodiacal cloud. It stretches across the ecliptic and glows for a short while after sunset like a UFO beam and I was lucky enough to witness this every night I stepped out into the dark.

In my opinion an adventure is not complete unless there are challenges, and this trip was no different. My luggage was lost for the first 6 days I was there so for half of my trip I had no tripods and no motion control equipment. I shot many time-lapses in this film with my cameras on buckets weighted down with rocks! it was far from ideal but I was determined not to miss an opportunity to capture this wonderful sky. I battled through with little food and less sleep, language barriers and I even broke down in the middle of nowhere at one point, but at least the sunset was nice that evening! I found the Atacama to be a very harsh landscape; the dry air makes your skin crack and split, the winds pummel you with every gust and the altitude slows you down and affects your ability to hike with heavy equipment. By the end of this trip me, my kit and my car had taken a real battering but it was all worth it, I wouldn't have had it any other way.

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[Dennis Leahy]

Wow, gorgeous!

Thanks for sharing that, rgray222!

Dennis

[LivioRazlo]

That was amazing! Not to come off with negative connotation, but after watching this, I feel so small. I begin to ask questions like "How can I, one person, make change or create a rippling effect when the universe is so much greater than I?"

[Yetti]

How comes , NOT YET RATED... I'll rate it right now: AWESOMEEEEE! SUPERCOOL, THANKS.

[raregem]

Posted by LivioRazlo (here)
That was amazing! Not to come off with negative connotation, but after watching this, I feel so small. I begin to ask questions like "How can I, one person, make change or create a rippling effect when the universe is so much greater than I?"

BUTTERFLY EFFECT

[damian]

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein

[dynamo]

stunning to say the least, rgray222!
thanks so much for sharing with us!!!

[Richard S.]

Wow! Awesome work, congratulations for the result...

[conk]

Posted by LivioRazlo (here)
That was amazing! Not to come off with negative connotation, but after watching this, I feel so small. I begin to ask questions like "How can I, one person, make change or create a rippling effect when the universe is so much greater than I?"

First, you are a magnificent creator. You are created in the 'image' of the creator, therefore you most certainly can create yourself. Second, you are not an "I", but a splinter of Source, the totality of everything. There is nothing that is not God. Don't sell 'yourself' short.

[Milneman]

Posted by LivioRazlo (here)
That was amazing! Not to come off with negative connotation, but after watching this, I feel so small. I begin to ask questions like "How can I, one person, make change or create a rippling effect when the universe is so much greater than I?"

Breathe, for starters.

I remember skies like this when I was a kid. The older I get, the darker the skies seem to get. There are still a few places where you can lay back n' look up and it goes from being 2-d to 3-d and we're looking out the window into our back yard.

I can't wait for summer.