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Full screen. Sound up.

Astronomer’s Paradise, the first episode of a Atacama Starry Nights timelapse movie series. Atacama Desert in Chile, South America, is home to some of the world’s leading telescopes.

Sez filmmaker Chrisoph Malin:

I hope we could at least capture the magic of this very special place a bit – this is how the night sky looks like, if people care about light pollution. And we need more people to do that.

Via Neatorama

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77CxWquJEU&feature=player_embedded

Astrophotographer, Stéphane Guisard captures stunning, deep views of the sky. This time-lapse footage was taken on Sunday (05.12.10) at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

The yellow beam emanating from the observatory on the right is a laser guide used to factor out atmospheric turbulence. It appears curved because the footage has been recomposed from a flattened out fish-eye view of the entire night sky.

For best results, hit play, then crank the resolution up to 1080 and go full screen.

More details at Discover Magazine