VLT Timelapse: Night Sky Over Paranal, Chile

Nicolas Bustos · 8 min · 2011 · YouTube title: VLT (Very Large Telescope) HD Timelapse Footage

Why it's here

Commenters recommend it as an awe-inspiring way to feel Earth's rotation and our place in space.

What it covers

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.