time lapse

In December 2014 and June 2015, as an astronomer I was lucky enough to to visit La Silla Observatory in Chile. Part of the European Southern Observatory, La Silla is home to dozens of working telescopes, including the 1.2m Swiss Telescope, on which I worked. While there I turned my camera to the skies, taking nearly 10,000 photos. This video is the result.

And just like that, condensed into three minutes, a hockey stadium becomes a basketball stadium. Cool stuff!

We've featured the works of Stephen Wilkes in the past, with his amazing photographic compilations of various scenes at day and night. Check out some more in this gallery below, and then check out his personal page!

This is why people live in the Pacific Northwest -- no smog, no humidity, and no hurricanes.

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