A Night at Paranal - From Milky Way Set to Moonrise

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Time-lapse Space Astronomy Milky Way Moon Rise Paranal Observatory Large Telescopes Chile
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Time lapse video of the Milky Way setting behind the large telescopes of Paranal Observatory, north Chile, followed by light from the moonrise (occuring behind the camera). Hauntingly beautiful with great atmospheric music. © Stéphane Guisard - astrosurf.com/sguisard/ *** NOTE *** To all viewers asking about technical details: I did not create this time lapse myself. It was posted on NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" website last year. As someone with a life-long passion for astronomy ...

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A Night at Paranal - From Milky Way Set to Moonrise

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  • LMAO!

    LMAO!

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  • this video is just. ...

    this video is just.....AMAZING!

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  • When you look at ...

    When you look at the milky way, you are seeing almost a trillion stars, more than half of wich are several times as big as the Sun. The Earth is between 2/3 and 3/4 of the way out from the center.

    The Milky way is more than 110,000 lightyears wide and several thousand lightyears thick on average.

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  • Come again? :)

    Come again? :)

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  • ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆God is ...

    ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆God is Great!◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆

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  • I love Milky Way, i ...

    I love Milky Way, i love Saggitarius and Scorpius. Looking out from my window when summer Milky Way is rising is amazing. Milky way is so pretty, with her dark nebulaes and thousands of stars... :)

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  • omgg... WOW this is ...

    omgg... WOW this is incredibly pretty!!! i love how it goes with the ethereal music this vid makes me happy :-)

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  • Absolutly Beautiful ...

    Absolutly Beautiful. I wish I didn't live in a city... there's just too much light from other sources.

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  • What was your ...

    What was your shutter speed? and how often did you take a picture?

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  • .....awesome.....

    .....awesome.....

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