VLT (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footage on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2017–2026.
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A timelapse compilation of the night sky above the Very Large Telescope at Paranal, Chile, using ESO photographers' footage set to music. It shows the stars wheeling overhead and the observatory at work.
Commenters recommend it as an awe-inspiring way to feel Earth's rotation and our place in space.
“the first time I really grasped that we're all together on a rock tumbling through the vastness of space”
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Watching this footage of the Very Large Telescope in Chile was the first time I really grasped that we're all together on a rock tumbling through the vastness of space: ▶ this video
in “Why is Chile so long?” · View on HN
Well, I'm not really a fan of picking favorites, but since we're talking about astronomical time lapses, I think this one must surely rank highly: ▶ this video
in “A Rocket Launch Seen from the ISS” · View on HN
Wanderers is indeed excellent. See also: the timelapse footage of the sky from the VLT, Paranal. Just thinking about it gives me vertigo. ▶ this video
in “Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth” · View on HN
Earth moves - that's how you get the next shot without repositioning the telescope. This time-lapse probably better visualizes it: ▶ this video
in “My Astrophotography in the Movie Project Hail Mary” · View on HN