Dazzling night sky above Chilean desert - video

[Judi Lynn]

Dazzling night sky above Chilean desert
June 1, 2011 11:01 AM

Two astronomers captured the Chilean night sky in a timelapse video filmed at the European Southern Observatory in the Atacama desert. (Courtesy: ESO/Jose Francisco Salgado/Josefrancisco.org)

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7368053n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsVideo+%28News+Video%3A+CBSNews.com%29

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How beautiful...

Thank you.

[wtmusic]

2. Whoa.

I never realized the plane of our solar system was nearly perpendicular to the plane of the galazy.

Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

[leveymg]

3. No wonder the Inca were so aware that we are not alone.

So many infinite possibilities . . . beautiful, special place. A portal to the stars.

[okieinpain]

4. how could anyone be against science. n/t.

[Cleita]

5. I miss that especially the spectacular view of

the Milky Way. I grew up in the Atacama Desert at eleven thousand feet altitude and sometimes you felt you could pick the stars and planets out of the sky because they seemed that close. We could also see the brighter stars and planets during the day because the thin air made the sky a deep blue even at noon.

[AtheistCrusader]

6. That was incredible.

Thank you for sharing it, I would never have found it.

[deutsey]

7. Magnificent. Thanks for posting! n/t

[Avalux]

8. Amazing. It's a shame we pollute the night with light.

How many people on the planet will never witness a sight like that first hand?