Time Lapse Photography
I’ve been dabbling in time lapse photography for a while. I really enjoy seeing how things behave on time scales which we normally don’t see. I’ve posted a few of the time lapse movies below. Most are quicktime movies, though a few of the older ones are animated gifs. The files can be large (2-20 MB). Most of the sequences are at night to mesh with my observing.
This movie shows an evening (almost eight hours) on Mauna Loa. The view looks out over the saddle toward Mauna Kea.
This movie shows the partially eclipsed moon rising through the shadow of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii on Feb. 20, 2008.
This animation shows the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope (SDSS) and its supporting 20 inch photometric telescope (foreground dome) just after sunset and in to the night.
This is a time lapse animation is taken from the foot of the Mayall 4 meter telescope looking roughly South.
This movie is a roughly 3 hour and 20 minute long time lapse taken at New Mexico Skies.
New Mexico Skies Polar Time Lapse
A roughly five hour time lapse of the north pole taken from New Mexico Skies.
This is a roughly 1 hour long time lapse starting about 2 hours before sunrise. Zodiacal light is visible at the start of the animation.
This time lapse animation shows the sky above the Keck and Subaru telescopes on Mauna Kea. The Laser Guide Star (LGS) at Keck was activated part way through the series and can be seen as a red line.
This time lapse was taken from Hale Pohaku on Mauna Kea looking south toward Mauna Loa. The movie covers 7 hours and 45 minutes starting about an hour before sunset.
The center of the Milky Way and the crescent Moon rise over the glow of Hilo before dawn.
A time lapse of the center of the Milky Way rising over the Visitor Information Station on Mauna Kea.
A time lapse of the automated VYSOS-5 telescope opening up for the night and performing observations.
