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Chilean Night Sky Revealed In Time-Lapse Astronomy Video


Posted: 06/ 1/11 03:00 PM ET

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Shot by two astronomers, a new time-lapse video reveals the star-studded glory of the Chilean night sky.

The European Southern Observatory, which operates three sites in Chile, has released the new clip. Set to an ambient soundtrack, the video shows a glittering twilight before the sun peaks over the horizon in the country's northern regions.

View the video, courtesy of Reuters, below:

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Shot by two astronomers, a new time-lapse video reveals the star-studded glory of the Chilean night sky. The European Southern Observatory, which operates three sites in Chile, has released the ne...
Shot by two astronomers, a new time-lapse video reveals the star-studded glory of the Chilean night sky. The European Southern Observatory, which operates three sites in Chile, has released the ne...
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DSOTM
I'm happy with whom I voted for in 2008.
3 minutes ago (10:49 AM)
We are not alone
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brokerthanu
9 hours ago (1:56 AM)
What's the European Southern Observator­y doing it Chile? Shouldn't it be in southern Spain somewhere?
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cenourinha
2 hours ago (8:49 AM)
That it is called the European Southern Observator­y only means that's who funds and runs the site. It's in chile for primarily two reasons:
1. chile is in the southern hemisphere­, which means you can see different regions of the sky (southern spain is still in the northern hemisphere and there are other observator­ies that look in those regions)
2. the Andes are a good location because there is very little light pollution (certainly not the case anywhere in europe) and it's at the top of a mountain (good for atmospheri­c conditions­)
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BUMbO
11 hours ago (11:42 PM)
I've never seen a night sky like that. So beautiful.
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edejan
16 hours ago (7:21 PM)
When I was very young, we lived in Chicago and you could see the sky like that. This is going back 60 years. Now I live in the country and there's so much light pollution out here in the middle of nowhere that you care barely see the big dipper. This was beautiful and makes you realize why ancient man put so much of their thought into explaining star movements.
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Nelle
20 hours ago (2:58 PM)
Too bad all you see in some cities now is light-poll­ution, instead of the beautiful night sky.
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Tunghoy
My other car is a TARDIS
21 hours ago (1:41 PM)
Wow, you can actually see Bellatrix from Chile.

(Good thing she wasn't casting spells.)
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TAIsabel
Suffer no fools.
09:38 PM on 6/02/2011
Simply beautiful, thank you!
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JohnnyPDX
08:37 PM on 6/01/2011
I have never seen the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. That was simply awesome. Thanks.
Oh, and laser beams were an added bonus.
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Bushwhacked
02:48 AM on 6/02/2011
Agree. Fellow PDX-er here. The buildings sort of looked like CGI.
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Astronomy Guy
05:05 PM on 6/02/2011
The southern skies are a marvelous sight, especially from a dark observing site.

"When you see the Southern Cross
For the first time
You understand now
Why you came this way"

Southern Cross, by Stephen Stills
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Konnie
karmic-aware
07:11 PM on 6/01/2011
yes its really pretty when you don't have to look thru that awful ozone layer.....­........

of course your sheep and herders go blind but hey.......­.......
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