Timelapse video of the milkyway - Uluru (Ayers Rock)
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The moon and the milky way share the night sky above the Uluru (Ayers Rock). But soon the moon sets and so arouses the fascinating colors of the milky way. The Magellanic Clouds slowly rise later.
Description
The starry sky above the Ayers Rock (Uluru) in Australia is one of the most impressing skies in the world. The reason for this is, that in the australian outback there is no artifical light that could interfere with the dark night sky. In addition the southern hemisphere offers some spectacular sky objects, such as the magellanic clouds and the famous constellation namend Southern Cross. The milky way has so much power that is even is visible when the moon is shining. The moonset looks like a sunset a bit, because there are some small clouds hiding it. When the moon disappeared, the milky way arouses it's whole spectrum of colors and shows all it's beauty. The center of our galaxy slowly lays down above the famous rock, until the milky way finally sets down and lets the Magellanic Clouds rule the field. First, the Small Magellanic Cloud floats into the video, until the Large Magellanic Cloud follows soon. Bevore the sun rises again, there are some clouds passing. This is a nice oppurtunity to notice that there is really no light pollution at all in the australian outback: The clouds are black, because normally when there are even only some artifical light sources, the clouds are enlightend from the bottom so strongly, that they turn red or orange.
The Uluru (or Ayers rock) unfortunately is quite far away from my place of capture (about 22km). The reason for this is, that I did not get a permit for staying a night in the Uluru National Park.
More Information
Place of capture: Australia, Northern Territory, Outback (25°13'14.20S, 131°13'42.10E)
Point of the compass: South/West
Date of capture: 09/13/2010
Capture length and time: 14:00 hours, 06:00pm-08:00am
Number of pictures taken: 2204
#55 - 04/21/2013 11:20 AM from Ulrich & Nicole
Einfach nur beeindruckend, noch nie in Live gesehen, Wunderschön...Glückwunsch! Gruß U & N
#54 - 02/18/2013 11:53 PM from Dena
Kelly: I have seen many photos of Ayers Rock and this is by far the best. Everyone tries to ctuapre the entire scene, but you took this to another level. I think the reflection really brings out the details of the picture and we obviously would never have known this was Ayers Rock if you wouldn't have told us. Very nice perspective. Ron Seiverth
#53 - 12/24/2012 11:07 AM from Gms
As someone who has done this tour, I would remnmceod option #2. There is nothing in Alice (I spent 4 days there, only because that was when the next flight was leaving) and nothing in between Uluru and Alice, it's just driving. Oh, unless you miss Kings Canyon that would suck. Try not to miss that day!!! If so, do number 3. Flying Q those routes is pointless, so expensive!That sucks that Tiger isn't flying. I flew them from ALS to MEL (as they were less then A$100 at the time) and while the seats were tiny and there was no entertainment, they had a decent magazine in the pocket and it was only 2-3 hour flight. I survived fine.Another option would be to fly to Darwin and then take the train down to Alice? Would add cost and time to your trip, but would be kind of awesome. Some people on my tour did that and I kind of regret not doing it (seriously, 4 days in Alice and I was ready to pull my hair out).Good luck and have a great time!!!
#52 - 12/16/2012 3:02 PM from alexander
beeindruckent. einfach super.
#51 - 11/23/2012 1:10 AM from Shankam
I like the transition. Fab work.. I had a question.. How did you change the settings over time. ie during sunset - your settings would be so different from when you have the milky way... Which once did you change and when.. If you can expain that be great. Thanks Shankam
#50 - 10/23/2012 2:15 AM from Mark Q
Absolutely fabulous. Thanks for posting this wonderful night video.
#49 - 10/21/2012 2:35 AM from Priscila
Is simply amazing watching this video!
#48 - 08/24/2012 11:33 AM from jazzgeorge
Spitze, absolut großartig gemacht. Bin begeistert!
#47 - 02/21/2012 11:39 AM from Chris
This is incredible, an absolute pleasure to watch!
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