All-Sky Video over VLT

The Moon illuminates the Very Large Telescope (VLT) as it sets in the West while the disk of our galaxy, The Milky Way, passes overhead in this time-lapse sequence composed of 1,000 thirty-second exposures. Paranal Observatory, Atacama Desert, Chile. 24 Aug 09.

 

© 2009 José Francisco Salgado, PhD

Explore #24 on 19 Dec 2009

 

See also:

Cumulative video, Milky Way still, 35-exp stack, Moonset, VLT at Dawn,

Earth's Rotation

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