VLT (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footage

Why it was recommended

the first time I really grasped that we're all together on a rock tumbling through the vastness of space

Strong recommendationtohuvavohu · Original2024-07

What it covers

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. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Nicolas Bustos

Length

8 min 11 sec

Year

2011

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