Stargazing has been taken to brilliant heights, showcased in a new video released this week by Sunchaser Pictures .
Death Valley Dreamlapse 2 , above, was shot by Gavin Heffernan and his team of producers, who traveled to Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park in mid-March and over the course of three days caught some stunning time-lapse shots of the night sky.
Heffernan said the new
video includes "plenty of wonder and amazement, including some insane
star trails, a beautiful milky way pass over the lakebed, and an
incredible pink desert aurora."
He added that "no special effects used, just the natural rotation of the earth's axis."
The
crew tried out some new time-lapse techniques, such as moonpainting the
foreground landscapes, and also some experiments merging regular
time-lapse footage with star trails. Sunchaser Pictures also offers up a cool, behind-the-scenes video on their Vimeo page.
They were also in luck and
caught an amazing pink aurora (seen at 1:36 and 2:22), which was caused
by a Coronal Mass Eruption solar event on March 17.
Heffernan suggests that viewers should "watch in HD with headphones on and the volume cranked, if you can."
-- Kelly Burgess
