Comments on: Time lapse: Close to the Heavens

By: [Vídeo] Timelapse desde Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos | ¿la keratina o la Queratina?

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By: Brian Too

Brian Too — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:51:04 +0000

This video reminds me of something I saw quite similar. It too used time lapse techniques and I think it was from the Canary Islands as well?

Not a criticism. Just that weird déjà vu feeling.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:56:05 +0000

I think the people of the northeast U.S. could use this as a “rebound” relationship with weather.

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:41:23 +0000

@12 Peter I. Papics and Katrina: Ahh. I didn’t know that – I guess I figured that clouds for an astronomer meant a night of drinking and watching the weather channel

@Peter Papics: Anyway, beautiful work! I was quite surprised when I realized that all of this footage was from one place. If you’d told me I was seeing half a dozen different observatories, I’d believe you. You really got all the angles!

By: peSHIr

peSHIr — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:47:22 +0000

Dogs watching flock of birds? Was my brain the only one that – despite the tranquil serenity of these images – shouted “Exterminate! Exterminate!” at me…?

By: Ryan H

Ryan H — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:53:19 +0000

The whole time lapse movie craze is getting a bit tired for me, but this one was different…peaceful and breathtaking, and devoid of any camera fancy footwork or moving tripods. Moonlight Sonata was the perfect touch. Very well done.

By: Peter I. Papics

Peter I. Papics — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:18:01 +0000

@Matt: good guess, correct pronunciation!
@Paul: I also like the rabbit there, it was interesting to see it after bringing the camera back inside
@Joseph: Yes, as observing time (or telescope time) is expensive, if the weather is not completely hopeless, we try to get the most out of even cloudy skies. Of course we have much less cloudy nights as you might think after watching this movie, but clear skies do not make a nice time-lapse movie, so that’s why cloudy scenes dominate here. Normally we have around 300 clear nights per year.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:00:03 +0000

@Joseph: yes, they do, and yes, it is (tho only when gaps are longer than just a few minutes)

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:49:03 +0000

I could watch time-lapse clouds all day I love seeing how they form and dissipate.
That reminds me, though – many of these scenes seem to show observatories slewing around and being used while the sky appears mostly filled with clouds. Do the folks who run observatories really try to observe through holes in the clouds? It seems like it’d be an awful lot of work to figure out what targets you could observe during any given few minutes.