Comments on: Behind the time lapse camera

By: Stan9fromouterspace

Stan9fromouterspace — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:26:07 +0000

We need to go deeper: TIME-LAPSEPTION

By: snarl

snarl — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:07:40 +0000

I’m seconding tcoreyb’s thanks. first off, sharing and pointing us to these remarkable time-lapse photographers is much appreciated; almost every one is astounding and awesome. More importantly to me, as just a layman with sparse high-school science education, Phil’s explanation of some of the things happening or being revealed in a lot of the footage of the sky is particularly interesting, revealing and helpful.

By: Randy Halverson

Randy Halverson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:44:15 +0000

Jim, yes, they are for dew. I use disposable hand warmers held on with a rubber band around the lens, to keep dew off the lens. Thanks!

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:21:31 +0000

These are so breathtakingly beautiful. Congress should be forced to screen one of these before every science funding vote.

I assume the cover is mainly for protection from dew… are you also using heater straps around the lens?

By: Randy Halverson

Randy Halverson — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:02:00 +0000

There were 3 cameras shooting. The first camera and first shot in the clip, was on a tripod. It was shooting both dollies. The 2nd camera was on a dolly and shooting the 3rd camera which was also on a dolly and shooting the Milky Way.

By: Brian MacDougall

Brian MacDougall — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:16:44 +0000

Brian is correct. There are three sliders.

By: tcoreyb

tcoreyb — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:08:15 +0000

Phil, I love how your site brings these beautiful images together for those of us who love space. Between this kind of video, capturing long periods of time and compressing it, and stuff like Thierry does, capturing instantaneous juxtapositions and preserving them in time….

It’s far and away the best source, web or traditional, that I have found for bringing the uncanny wonder and beauty of astronomy to the average reader. Thanks so much for what you do (and to the cadres of professional and amateur astronomers who spend their time doing it) !

By: JohnDoe

JohnDoe — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:38:24 +0000

Can anyone tell me why the start page is almost always stuck at an old embedded Video for me? Currently, it’s _always_ the ISS Timelapse at http://player.vimeo.com/video/32001208 . In the page with just the posting, the proper video is embedded, in this case http://player.vimeo.com/video/33034561

By: Brian Fies

Brian Fies — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:25:35 +0000

Chris, I think you’ve got your (time lapse)^3 right there!

There are three shots in the video, taken by three cameras. Camera A takes the first shot, in which we see two other cameras (we never see Camera A). Camera B is the foreground camera on the flatter track in the video’s first shot. Camera C is the background camera on the tilted track in the video’s first shot.

So Shot 1 is a time-lapse video of B and C shot by A. Shot 2 is a time-lapse video of C shot by B. and Shot 3 is a time-lapse video of the sky shot by C. Time lapse^3!

Cool! Although I could be wrong.

By: db26

db26 — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:33:46 +0000

This will certainly lead to a paradox.