Posts Tagged The Milky Way

Our Strange Sky: The Plains Milky Way of South Dakota

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Photography, Space, USA on July 29, 2011

Notes on experiencing this video to the fullest:

1) Wait until the dark of night.
2) Find the darkest corner of your house/apartment/cave hole.
3) Set the video to fullscreen
4) Enjoy

We love what Randy Halverson sees in Our Strange Sky.

During the month of May, I shot Milky Way timelapse in central South Dakota, when I had the time, and the weather cooperated.

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This was all shot at night. If you see stars and it looks like daylight, it is actually moon light. 20+ second exposures make it look like daylight.

Official Site: http://dakotalapse.com/

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Our Strange Sky: The Auroral Rings of Iceland

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Photography, Space on May 17, 2011

We’ve returned, faithful reader! The battle for reliable Internet connectivity has been won. And the winner is everyone.

While we get back into the groove of things, have a look at Iceland’s beautiful green sky.

On this night, the sky was not only the best show in town, but a composite image of the sky won an international competition for landscape astrophotography. The above winning image was taken two months ago over Jökulsárlón, the largest glacial lake in Iceland. The photographer combined six exposures to capture not only two green auroral rings, but their reflections off the serene lake. Visible in the distant background sky is the band of our Milky Way Galaxy, the Pleiades open clusters of stars, and the Andromeda galaxy.

via APOD

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Our Gorgeous Sky: Terje Sorgjerd’s Observations from El Teide, Spain’s Highest Mountain

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Photography, Space, World on April 20, 2011

Between April 4th and 11th 2011 Terje Sorgjerd took his camera and visited Spain’s highest mountain El Teide(3718m). During the visit he filmed the hell out of the spectacular view he found. While he was there, a sandstorm hit the Sahara.

That is when something beautiful happened:

Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32.

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Music by: Ludovico Einaudi – “Nuvole bianche”

Music by my friend: Ludovico Einaudi – “Nuvole bianche” with permission.
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Our Strange Sky: The Milky Way Band at Tenerife

Posted by mistergroonk in Just Freaking Neat, Space on April 5, 2011

In a clear sky from a dark location at the right time, a faint band of light is visible across the sky. This band is the disk of our spiral galaxy. Since we are inside this disk, the band appears to encircle the Earth. The above spectacular picture of the Milky Way arch, however, goes where the unaided eye cannot. The image is actually a deep digital fusion of nine photos that create a panorama fully 360 across. Taken recently in Teide National Park in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, the image includes the Teide volcano, visible near the image center, behind a volcanic landscape that includes many large rocks.

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The deep exposure also brings out many sky wonders normally beyond human perception

APOD has annotated the constellations over on their site. Why not have a look?

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