The night sky is bright in long-exposure time-lapse.
Time-lapse of the night sky: collected from frames with exposures over seconds instead of the usual hundredths during the day. There are similar, but not identical, clips.
Download and share the collection, including Dawn & Dusk, as well as Day, now in Ultra HD.Day-to-night (& into day) transitions
This contains Mt. Shasta, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Rainier, the Alabama Hills, & San Francisco. These day-to-night transitions are of varying speeds and lengths… read more
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Mount Rainier night to morning with climbers and their small lights ascending -
Dusk-to-night over Boreal Forest into stars and distant Aurora on snowy woods -
San Francisco Bay Bridge traffic at dusk with skyline behind traffic and bay -
Dusk-to-night over rocky landscape into stars and blueish darkness overhead -
Sunset-to-night of downtown-midtown San Francisco skyline view from hill -
Pink dusk Cirrus clouds above Lake Tahoe in winter as light fades
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The Moon and Optical Effects
The full moon is easily bright enough to create a halo around it when water vapor forms a thin cloud at the right altitude… read more
The Galactic Cloud
The galaxy appears to our observations to be a giant saucer shape since our solar system is inside a relatively pancake-shaped spiral of stars and a growing number of other found solar systems…. read more
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Behind a rocky landscape the Milky Way galaxy composed of countless stars move as Earth spins at night -
Night sky Milky Way galaxy rotating with no clouds, air and spacecraft as well as meteorites -
The Milky Way galaxy in long exposure time-lapse capturing space/aircraft and many stars -
Wide view of galaxy in the night composing of stars, many meteorites, planes -
Night sky galaxy with galactic cloud, meteorites, satellites, airplanes -
Night sky galaxy with galactic cloud, meteorites, airplanes
Storms of the dark, light flashes
The arch in the Alabama Hills near Mount Whitney at night shows a hole into the sky resembling a portal… read more
Note: Flashing, strobing lights in Storms of the dark and Aurora Borealis… read more
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An offshore thunderstorm is illuminated by lightning and stationary – content warning for epilepsy -
1 of 5 | Night lightning illuminates approaching thunderstorm – content warning for epilepsy -
5 of 5 | Night lightning illuminates approaching thunderstorm – content warning for epilepsy -
2 of 5 | Night lightning illuminates approaching thunderstorm – content warning for epilepsy -
Night lightning illuminates passing thunderstorm – content warning for epilepsy -
Night thunderstorm and lightning – content warning for epilepsy
Skylines of cities
Above cities, planes taxi to land or ascend after takeoff, their speeds far slower than when they are at cruising altitude. You will find cities in Day-to-night transitions as well…. read more
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3 of 3 | Night skyline of Miami dwarfed under reddish-tinged clouds from city lights as they pass by over -
2 of 3 | Night skyline of Miami dwarfed under reddish-tinged clouds from city lights as they pass by over -
1 of 3 | Night skyline of Miami dwarfed under reddish-tinged clouds from city lights as they pass by over -
The Golden Gate at night with traffic flowing both directions and airplanes taking off in the night sky -
Golden Gate Bridge traffic motion at night with city lights behind, aircraft taking off into the sky -
2 of 4 | Over the Bay, planes land at San Francisco Airport, SFO at night under rainy clouds
Over mountains
Certain clips use wide-open apertures to capture more color from stars and moonrises on the mountains. Exceptionally, with these open apertures… read more
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Very low-density clouds in the moonlight on rocky landscape in front of snow-capped mountains -
1 of 4 | Over the Bay, planes land at San Francisco Airport, SFO at night under rainy clouds -
3 of 4 | Over the Bay, planes land at San Francisco Airport, SFO at night under rainy clouds -
Moonrise from behind POV causes similar colors to a sunrise on snowy bright mountains -
Medium level clouds in a clear, fair night sky float into POV and over mountaintops -
Above mountains, above clouds, the night sky is seen in deep dark colors of stars
Over a populated landscape, a canyon, or a lake
Mono Lake is made of extra salty and alkaline water, adding to the formation of unique tufas, which are limestone monoliths formed from springs and vents mixing with this kind of water…. read more
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Moonlit night with heavier clouds above a desert landscape and highway with cars headlights, comatics$129.00 -
2 of 2 | Clouds at night illuminated partly by city light under stars, aircraft flying over$129.00 -
Moon rise over Grand Canyon with smoke clearing out and high clouds moving rapidly, moonlit$129.00 -
Nighttime at Mono Lake, tufas on water in front of and below very light clouds$129.00 -
Night in a snowy valley with a road and traffic under clouds$129.00 -
Night moonrise at Grand Canyon looking northeast$129.00
Arches, monoliths, comets, other landscapes
The arch in the Alabama Hills near Mount Whitney at night shows a hole into the sky resembling a portal… read more
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1 of 2 | Clouds at night illuminated partly by city light under stars, aircraft flying over -
Desert nighttime moon rising out of frame on a sandstone hill in Canyonlands under stars -
1 of 2 | Comet Neowise, as the night sky appears to rotate, it is the Earth that spins -
2 of 2 | Comet Neowise, as the night sky appears to rotate, it is the Earth that spins -
Behind a lone hilltop tree, the night sky is clear with light polluting from far away -
Over Canyonlands viewpoint, the moon slowly sets with Cirrus clouds moving overhead
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Aurora Borealis aka Northern Lights
What makes seeing the aurora borealis so special? It is not easy to describe the northern lights with words, in any way. In the context of the winter night in the wild woods… read more
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3 of 3 | Aurora Borealis are the Northern Lights, which strobe, creep, and flow in the night sky$129.00 -
1 of 3 | Aurora Borealis are the Northern Lights, which strobe, creep, and flow in the night sky$129.00 -
Full frame of Aurora Borealis transforming, glowing, flowing in the night sky 2 of 3$129.00 -
1 of 2 | Green and shimmering northern lights above trees$129.00 -
Over the boreal forest are the distant Northern Lights$129.00 -
Green and Shimmering Northern Lights$129.00