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Death Valley Dreamlapse 2

May 1, 2013

Death Valley Dreamlapse

This video time-lapse takes you to the mysterious and unexplained sliding stones of Racetrack Playa. Made by : No UFOs this time (we think) but plenty of wonder and amazement, including some insane star trails, a beautiful milky way pass over the lakebed, and an incredible pink desert aurora!   Check out the video…

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Aurora Borealis on March 2013

March 26, 2013

Aurora Borealis

This time lapse shows what happened during four hours over Östersund here in Sweden, on Mars 17, when an CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) hit Earths magnetic field, resulting this stunning Aurora Borealis.    Have a look at the video…

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Skies Filled with Stunning Aurora

October 11, 2012

Aurora Borealis

A stuning Aurora Borealis from the night of October 8-9, 2012, that filled the entire sky for Jason Ahrns in Cleary Summit, Alaska.   Image credit: Jason Ahrns   Used with permission.

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Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun

September 6, 2012

Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun

A long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun‘s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second, held on August 31, 2012 at 4:36 p.m. EDT.   Watch the video

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Earth Illuminated

August 18, 2012

Earth Illuminated from ISS

The International Space Station (ISS) provides a unique vantage point to view our home planet. Stunning time-lapse photography of cities, aurora, lightning and other sights are seen from orbit.

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Mysterious Sounds made by the Aurora

July 13, 2012

Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights

Scientists discover where the mysterious sounds of the Northern Lights are generated. The strange crackling noises of the Aurora Borealis have been explained by researchers at the Aalto University in Finland, and that they form about 70 meters above the ground.  Image credit: by photo/video artist Ole C. Salomonsen.

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Aurora in September

June 3, 2012

Aurora

As the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south, spring begins in the southern hemisphere and autumn in the north. And though the seasonal connection is still puzzling, both spring and autumn bring an increase in geomagnetic storms.  Image Credit: Yuichi Takasaka / TWAN

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Celestial Lights

April 22, 2012

This spectacular time-lapse video of aurora in the Arctic skies is the latest creation by photo/video artist Ole C. Salomonsen.

“For this video I did shoot approx 150.000 exposures from sept.2011 – april.2012 using Canon DSLR’s and various wide angle lenses.”

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Spectacular aurora from high activity on the Sun

March 13, 2012

Spectacular aurora from high activity on the Sun

The Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) unleashed by active region 1429 initially hit Earth producing amazing displays of aurora like the one shown above over Iceland, photographed by Jónína Óskarsdóttir!

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Temporal Distortion

February 17, 2012

What you see is real, but you can’t see it this way with the naked eye. It is the result of thousands of 20-30 second exposures, edited together to produce the timelapse.

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