Nocturnal: Scenes from the Southern Night
Explanation:
Have you ever seen the night sky change?
It does -- sometimes in beautiful and unexpected ways.
To see it, though, usually requires patience.
The above
award winning
video shows several of the possible changes in dramatic fashion with a time lapse
video.
Visible are sunset-illuminated
clouds moving, stars of vivid
colors rising, the long tail of a
Comet Lovejoy rising, bright
satellites crossing, a
meteor exploding, a distant lightning
storm approaching, skyscapes including the
Magellanic Clouds rotating, and a
fisheye sky rotating while the foreground becomes
illuminated by moonlight.
Frequently featuring an artistic human sculpture in the foreground
and the southern sky in the background,
the video closes with a time lapse clip of
a
total lunar eclipse.
If you can identify any more of the
sky events depicted --
or any of the landscapes shown -- please illuminate them with
a comment.
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Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
