@loreastro I should have made myself a bit clearer - what is the mechanism the camera is fixed to, that is attached to the tripod, used to track the stars? I'm looking into doing long exposures of the night sky/stars. A link for what I'm after would be great. Thanks.
@terratec365 Ah! I've added a rotating head to the tripod. I've modified an old equatorial mount for telescopes able to rotate 1 turn per day (sidereal speed). I've no other pictures, sorry. Maybe one day or another I'll add something on my website.
It really is amazing to be able to look up almost each night and to have this over head - one of the greatest blessings of living in Namibia. This has to be one of the most awe inspiring videos we have seen on YouTube and are grateful that you shared it. Regardless of your religious/spiritual convictions, we don't think you can watch this and still believe that there is no God.
@NSDzone then you should probably study a bit more astronomy, physics, and evolutionary biology. Get back to me after that, because until you're well versed in these, your "opinion" really doesn't matter much. Cheers.
@twocementshoes I think people like (and just to mentions a handful) would agree with our statement: Jennifer Wiseman (Chief of the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA), Charles Hard Townes (Nobel Prize in Physics), John Polkinghorne (particle physicist), Ghillean Prance (involved in the Eden Project), Francis Collins (former director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute) These people are more that well versed in the subjects you mentioned!
Cherry picking a few scientists won't cut it pal -- you can be brilliant and still be wrong. The clear majority of scientists are atheists and "agnostics".
@NSDzone You don't think we can watch this and still believe that there is no god, despite the fact that the observational evidence displayed herein is precisely what you would expect to see given a dominant atheistic scientific worldview? Yes, makes a lot of sense there.
@etherael I am not sure about a "dominant atheistic scientific worldview" as the list of the most influential scientist over the last 100+ years clearly highlights those who have strong religious beliefs: Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Louis Pasteur, Galileo Galilei, Claude Bernard, Werner Heisenberg, Linus Pauling, Marie Curie, Max Born, Marcello Malpighi, Jennifer Wiseman, Francis Collins, John Polkinghorne, Martin Nowak, Richard Feynman, Hans Bethe, Carl Linnaeus...
Excuse my ignorance, but am I right in assuming this isn't what I would be able to see with my naked eyes right? I'm moving to Namibia later this year - don't want to get my hope up ;) Breath-taking footage none-the-less
@missmdog4 Yes and no. The sky is impressively dark. Nearly all what you see in the video is visible by naked eye, even if without colors and such clarity. You need to keep attention to what you would see. Clear skys and happy Namibia!
I love this! I would love to e able to lay under a sky like this and see everything! I have been fortunate enough to be able to see the milkway band we're in on a clear night earlier this year during a meteor shower but not as clear as this. This is absolutely beautiful!
@univers0r While the red flashes below the horizon line are from people walking by with red flashlights, there are also one or two (much dimmer) red flashes above the horizon line.
These are probably caused by a passing airplane's navigation lights.
@rogermwilcox Hi Roger, thanks for your detailed look! Airplane lights are very rare in Namibia, and during 10 nights under the stars I've seen only one low on the horizon. Please can you say the times of the red lights you've noticed?
Complimenti LORENZO, sei stato bravissimo, la prossima volta che organizzate una spedizione mi farebbe immenso piacere condividere questo spettacolo in Real Time con Voi e portare Canon con tutte le ottiche più luminose del pianeta a render giustizia a cotanta bellezza.
Complimenti vivissimi, by Simone Seddio ANTARES e adesso anche RADICOFANI Astro a SIENA
@PigrecoProgetti Ciao Simone, grazie!!! Per ora penso a elaborare le tantissime riprese portate a casa. Quando avrò finito, la voglia di tornare sono sicuro sarà tanta.
@PigrecoProgetti Ciao Simone, grazie!!! Per ora penso a elaborare le tantissime riprese portate a casa. Quando avrò finito, la voglia di tornare sono sicuro sarà tanta.
brilliant! awesome! I really like style, technique, everything except the music. I think it's not suitable, it's repetitive. something more electronic, tribal, "deep", would have been better. it's my opinion. great work mate!
@loreastro Azz, hai ragione, è che col grandangolo mi pareva più lontano. Però non riesco ancora a riconoscere quello fatto con la camera rotante, sempre vicina al 50 cm. PS: prova a riguardare il tutto sostituendo l'audio con quest tracce: watch?v=imamcajBEJs , watch?v=srrAm9Eiqcw (la seconda è perfetta specie se in sync col finale!)
I can always count on inspiration from the heavens. The cure for writer's block: the night sky
10Ray00Sins11 1 week ago
Southern skies are wonderful...thanks
fernandobeltranp 2 weeks ago
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After watching this amazing video "Indescribable by Louie Giglio" is just that much more epic: youtube.com/watch?v=ewKtSKbWZUI so worth the watch.
NSDzone 2 weeks ago
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NSDzone 2 weeks ago
Where can I buy a tripod like @12m53s? Thanks. Great video by the way :)
terratec365 2 weeks ago
@terratec365 It is an old Manfrotto tripod. You can find in any online or offline shop.
loreastro 2 weeks ago
@loreastro I should have made myself a bit clearer - what is the mechanism the camera is fixed to, that is attached to the tripod, used to track the stars? I'm looking into doing long exposures of the night sky/stars. A link for what I'm after would be great. Thanks.
terratec365 2 weeks ago
@terratec365 Ah! I've added a rotating head to the tripod. I've modified an old equatorial mount for telescopes able to rotate 1 turn per day (sidereal speed). I've no other pictures, sorry. Maybe one day or another I'll add something on my website.
loreastro 2 weeks ago
@loreastro Ah right. Thanks.
terratec365 2 weeks ago
Do you have any intent to sell a downloadable 1080p version of this? Would make an excellent wallpaper.
etherael 3 weeks ago
@etherael You can download for free from my website. See link in description.
loreastro 2 weeks ago
It really is amazing to be able to look up almost each night and to have this over head - one of the greatest blessings of living in Namibia. This has to be one of the most awe inspiring videos we have seen on YouTube and are grateful that you shared it. Regardless of your religious/spiritual convictions, we don't think you can watch this and still believe that there is no God.
NSDzone 3 weeks ago
@NSDzone then you should probably study a bit more astronomy, physics, and evolutionary biology. Get back to me after that, because until you're well versed in these, your "opinion" really doesn't matter much. Cheers.
twocementshoes 3 weeks ago
@twocementshoes I think people like (and just to mentions a handful) would agree with our statement: Jennifer Wiseman (Chief of the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA), Charles Hard Townes (Nobel Prize in Physics), John Polkinghorne (particle physicist), Ghillean Prance (involved in the Eden Project), Francis Collins (former director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute) These people are more that well versed in the subjects you mentioned!
NSDzone 2 weeks ago
Cherry picking a few scientists won't cut it pal -- you can be brilliant and still be wrong. The clear majority of scientists are atheists and "agnostics".
twocementshoes 2 weeks ago
@twocementshoes Glad we agree on one thing: you can be brilliant and still be wrong!
NSDzone 2 weeks ago
@NSDzone You don't think we can watch this and still believe that there is no god, despite the fact that the observational evidence displayed herein is precisely what you would expect to see given a dominant atheistic scientific worldview? Yes, makes a lot of sense there.
etherael 3 weeks ago
@etherael I am not sure about a "dominant atheistic scientific worldview" as the list of the most influential scientist over the last 100+ years clearly highlights those who have strong religious beliefs: Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Louis Pasteur, Galileo Galilei, Claude Bernard, Werner Heisenberg, Linus Pauling, Marie Curie, Max Born, Marcello Malpighi, Jennifer Wiseman, Francis Collins, John Polkinghorne, Martin Nowak, Richard Feynman, Hans Bethe, Carl Linnaeus...
NSDzone 2 weeks ago
Excuse my ignorance, but am I right in assuming this isn't what I would be able to see with my naked eyes right? I'm moving to Namibia later this year - don't want to get my hope up ;) Breath-taking footage none-the-less
missmdog4 1 month ago
@missmdog4 Yes and no. The sky is impressively dark. Nearly all what you see in the video is visible by naked eye, even if without colors and such clarity. You need to keep attention to what you would see. Clear skys and happy Namibia!
loreastro 1 month ago
im over 30 years on this planet and i never see such a heaven like this in my holl live its fantastic . good work nice vid and music .beautiful !!!
grafpepp 1 month ago
2 people don't like to see the wonders of the nature xD
muerterigurosa 1 month ago
zajebisteee...;)
biala993 1 month ago
Assolutamente fantastico!!!
E' un vero peccato che la "modernità" ci abbia rubato la possibilità di godere di tutto questo dai nostri cieli.
Assolutamente ingiusto pagare un prezzo così alto.
roastro1 2 months ago
Stupendo!!! 13 minuti e mezzo mi sono letteralmente volati!
astrofranck 2 months ago
seriously.. is the milkyway bulge so clearly visible..!!?
amith276 2 months ago
@amith276 That's awesome!
loreastro 2 months ago
I was in awe with the skies in Southern Africa.
JJOYIA 2 months ago
Hey guys, amazing video! What software did you use with the 350D's to shoot the stop motion?
345k 2 months ago 2
@345k Hi, to shoot the sequences we've used an intervalometer, aka timer remote. No PC was attached to cameras during exposures.
loreastro 2 months ago
I love this! I would love to e able to lay under a sky like this and see everything! I have been fortunate enough to be able to see the milkway band we're in on a clear night earlier this year during a meteor shower but not as clear as this. This is absolutely beautiful!
danicii 2 months ago
its simply beautiful, the space in which we're living. We are the children of the stars.
Hubieee 2 months ago
La pazienza dà buoni frutti! ....Complimenti!
Ho visto tutto il video dal sito ...e pur non essendo un astrofilo, ho potuto apprezzare il tuo lavoro!
degadaitalia 2 months ago
Awesome~! Simply AWESOME~!
Thank You for your artistry~!
Conshana 2 months ago
I've never gotten to see Alpha Centauri with my own eyes.
But this was the next best thing.
rogermwilcox 2 months ago
Gerat work, thanks for sharing!
karli34 2 months ago
what's the artist and name of the music?
meninrevolt 2 months ago
@meninrevolt You can find the artist name in the titles at 0.07
loreastro 2 months ago
@loreastro oh, thanks. I missed that.
meninrevolt 2 months ago
Really good :)
yokNo 2 months ago
What are these red flashes? Are those photoflashes triggered automatically?
univers0r 2 months ago
@univers0r They are very dim elesctric torches. They are red because this do not harm the night vision adaptation.
loreastro 2 months ago
@univers0r While the red flashes below the horizon line are from people walking by with red flashlights, there are also one or two (much dimmer) red flashes above the horizon line.
These are probably caused by a passing airplane's navigation lights.
rogermwilcox 2 months ago
@rogermwilcox Hi Roger, thanks for your detailed look! Airplane lights are very rare in Namibia, and during 10 nights under the stars I've seen only one low on the horizon. Please can you say the times of the red lights you've noticed?
loreastro 2 months ago
Amazing video!!!
MeckMeneMeckMeck 2 months ago
Complimenti LORENZO, sei stato bravissimo, la prossima volta che organizzate una spedizione mi farebbe immenso piacere condividere questo spettacolo in Real Time con Voi e portare Canon con tutte le ottiche più luminose del pianeta a render giustizia a cotanta bellezza.
Complimenti vivissimi, by Simone Seddio ANTARES e adesso anche RADICOFANI Astro a SIENA
PigrecoProgetti 2 months ago
@PigrecoProgetti Ciao Simone, grazie!!! Per ora penso a elaborare le tantissime riprese portate a casa. Quando avrò finito, la voglia di tornare sono sicuro sarà tanta.
loreastro 2 months ago
@PigrecoProgetti Ciao Simone, grazie!!! Per ora penso a elaborare le tantissime riprese portate a casa. Quando avrò finito, la voglia di tornare sono sicuro sarà tanta.
loreastro 2 months ago
Skyrim's sky is prettier. : )
15thMonkey 2 months ago
you rendered it the wrong framesize... :(
mEyTimo 2 months ago
che bello... avevo voglia di rivederlo! è meraviglioso :)
milaklee9 3 months ago
brilliant! awesome! I really like style, technique, everything except the music. I think it's not suitable, it's repetitive. something more electronic, tribal, "deep", would have been better. it's my opinion. great work mate!
Amevintosh 3 months ago
Great !!
Best Wishes & Greetings from Germany
TheAstroVid 3 months ago
\o/
blobrana 3 months ago
Bellissimo Lorenzo! Complimenti!
coats1978 3 months ago
Once again an impressive work!
stfungbtw 3 months ago
WOW !!! Thank you for an amazing video/ experience !!!!
q1v1 3 months ago
Spettacolare, domani lo scarico a 1080, ma dove sono i due video fatti vicino al Dobson???
mars4ever 3 months ago
@mars4ever Ci sono! Solo che il terreno era troppo buio e non risalta. Vedi ad es. a 1.05
loreastro 3 months ago
@loreastro Azz, hai ragione, è che col grandangolo mi pareva più lontano. Però non riesco ancora a riconoscere quello fatto con la camera rotante, sempre vicina al 50 cm. PS: prova a riguardare il tutto sostituendo l'audio con quest tracce: watch?v=imamcajBEJs , watch?v=srrAm9Eiqcw (la seconda è perfetta specie se in sync col finale!)
mars4ever 3 months ago