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VLT (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footage
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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.
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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]
Read original comment ↗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]
Read original comment ↗Wanderers is indeed excellent. See also: the timelapse footage of the sky from the VLT, Paranal. Just thinking about it gives me vertigo. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Earth moves - that's how you get the next shot without repositioning the telescope. This time-lapse probably better visualizes it: [VIDEO]
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