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Skylights - The Skies of New Mexico

submitted by mintbbb

1 decade 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago

Vimeo: *** Best viewed in HD ***
Skylights is a timelapse video made up of nearly 6,000 photos taken over the last few months in New Mexico, USA. Every frame in this video is a photograph.

Making this video was probably one of the most fun and most rewarding projects I've ever done. I greatly enjoyed traveling to remote parts of the state and it was an absolute thrill staying up all night shooting the stars. It's hard to describe how very still, quiet and beautiful the night sky is when you are so far away from the city. Most nights we all go to sleep and miss a spectacular show overhead, I hope I can capture just a hint of what may have been missed.

Many shots were taken at the VLA ( Very Large Array) in New Mexico were several scenes from the movie "Contact" were filmed. The VLA is a perfect location for capturing the night sky because of its lack of light pollution. In areas this dark, the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye and almost looks like a string of clouds.