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Commenters recommend it as an awe-inspiring way to feel Earth's rotation and our place in space.
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.
“the first time I really grasped that we're all together on a rock tumbling through the vastness of space” (HN, 2024)
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: [this video]
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: [this video]
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