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VLT (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footage

Nicolas Bustos · 2.7M views · 2011-05-18 · 8:11

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Overview

A timelapse compilation of the night sky above the Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile, using ESO photographers' footage set to music. It shows the stars wheeling overhead and the observatory at work.

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Commenters recommend it as an awe-inspiring way to feel Earth's rotation and our place in space.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

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What people said

tohuvavohu · 2024-07 · Strong recommendation

Watching this footage of the Very Large Telescope in Chile was the first time I really grasped that we're all together on a rock tumbling through the vastness of space: [VIDEO]

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dTal · 2022-03 · Strong recommendation

Well, I'm not really a fan of picking favorites, but since we're talking about astronomical time lapses, I think this one must surely rank highly: [VIDEO]

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dTal · 2017-02 · Recommendation

Wanderers is indeed excellent. See also: the timelapse footage of the sky from the VLT, Paranal. Just thinking about it gives me vertigo. [VIDEO]

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