As something of a palate-cleanser — along the lines of Boing Boing’s famous unicorn chasers — here is a magnificent time lapse video of the sky over Australia: Ocean Sky by Alex Cherney: Due to the tilt of the Earth and geometry of the Sun-Earth-galaxy alignment, the Milky Way only gets high in the sky if you’re south of the Equator, and can set parallel to the horizon as seen in these shots. When… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Bad Astronomy Discovery Date : 05/07/2011 18:34 Number of articles : 3
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Down Under Milky Way time lapse