Timelapse of the Milky Rise in the Litchfield Nation Park.
Here is a timelapse of star trails with a large forklift in the Australian outback. All the stars move in unity around a singular point, crafting perfect circles in the vast canvas of the night🌌🌀. The forklift was very interesting to me; it looked like a gigantic toy!
Milky Way Rise Timelapse in front of an Old Ruin in Flinders Ranges, Australia
Here is a timelapse of the Milky Way descending below the horizon 🌌.
I shot this near a tranquil lake in Litchfield National Park, NT, Australia. The serenity of the night sky always brings me a sense of calm. It's mesmerizing to watch the core of the Milky Way dip beneath the horizon, while the bright stars cast their reflections on the water as the night unfolds.
Another Milky Way Timelapse 🌌✨
Captured near a tranquil lake in the Litchfield National Park, NT, Australia.
There's something profoundly calming about the night sky. Maybe it's the vastness that reminds us of our place in the Universe, or maybe it's the pure, untouched beauty that exists beyond our busy lives.
A Star Trails Timelapse during the Perseid Meteor Shower
Just like a painter uses a brush to create beautiful art, photographers use the passage of time and the rotation of our Earth to paint the night sky with the light of countless stars. By leaving the camera's shutter open for an extended period, the stars' motion turns into majestic arcs of light that streak across the night sky.
Look at those graceful, circular paths! They are so beautiful!
Here is a timelapse of the Perseid Meteor Shower I posted yesterday🌠.
You can see a lot of deep sky wonders in the video, including Jupiter(the big bright star), The Pleiades(the star clusters that rise above the horizon), the Andromeda galaxy (the big elliptical smudge in the centre) and later, the moon rise!
In the Australian outback, right after sunset, the Milky Way began its ascent, rising imperceptibly from the horizon. As the Milky Way painted a luminous river overhead, a timid flame began to nibble at the dry bush around it, and before long, a bushfire was born. The fire was a pulsating, dynamic entity, its shimmering light creating a stark, fascinating contrast with the serene march of the stars.
As the bushfire spread, it lent the scene an unlikely beauty, painting the underbelly of the Milky Way with a warm, flickering glow. The rhythmic twinkling of the stars above mirrored the erratic flickering of the flames below, creating a dance of light and shadow.
In a time before modern civilization, for thousands of years, our ancestors must have spent most of their nights viewing something just like this. Over a glowing amber, on a moonless night, they look at the stars. What stories were they telling then? Were there heroes, cowards, love and hatred like in our TV shows? I wonder.
I've spent countless nights under the night sky, and this time, I captured a timelapse of a spectacular yet somewhat unsung phenomenon of the night sky - the 'Airglow'.
The video shows our home galaxy's majestic arc across the heavens, set beneath the horizon. Near the end of the video, you'll see a ghostly green band above the horizon, glowing like auroras. This phenomenon is known as airglow, a spectacle that often goes unnoticed. It's a magical, mesmerizing display created by atmospheric molecules re-emitting the energy they absorbed from the Sun.
While it might not be as famously known as its flashy cousin, the Aurora, Airglow is no less awe-inspiring. On certain nights, especially when you're away from city lights, you might see this luminous nightglow creating a celestial canvas painted with ethereal hues.
Date: 24 June 2023
Location: Zebra Stone, Litchfield, Northern Territory, Australia
