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Due to storage limitations, the pictures and movies on this webpages are heavily binned (reduced in size). For full-size pictures and movies, contact me. I can mail CDs/DVDs. I am especially happy if this work can be used for outreach and dark sky preservation awareness.
Nightime time lapse movies
Test from Tucson (Nov 03, 2008)
Test from Tucson (Nov 06, 2008)
Moon rising over desert landscape (Nov 15, 2008)
Desert night (Nov 16, 2008)
Rising stars over Arizona desert (Nov 19, 2008)
Mauna Kea (Nov 26, 2008)
Mauna Kea laser (Nov 27, 2008)
Waikoloa, Hawaii (Dec 22, 2008)
Mauna Kea moonrise (Feb 13, 2009)
Mauna Kea sunset (Apr 18, 2009)
Sunset to Sunrise on Mauna Kea (Apr 25, 2009)
Mauna Loa, seen from Mauna Kea (Apr 28, 2009)
Pu'u'O'o volcano on a cloudy night (May 30, 2009)
Mauna Loa from Mauna Kea (June 1, 2009)
Moon rising over Kilauea volcano ocean entry (Dec 3, 2009)
Kilauea volcano ocean entry (Dec 14, 2009)
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This time lapse was taken a few miles from the Kilauea volcano ocean entry, where lava emerges from a tube to enter the ocean, generating a steam plume. At night, the plume is red, illuminated by lava. The lava also illuminates low-altitude coulds. This time lapse was shot during the Geminid meteor shower, and a few Geminids are visible.
Original data: 20mm F1.8 on EOS450d, 60 sec exposure
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Kilauea volcano ocean entry, narrow field (Dec 14, 2009)
Clear night in Hilo (Dec 15, 2009)
Stormy night on Mauna Kea (Dec 19, 2009)
Stormy night on Mauna Kea (Dec 19, 2009)
Stormy night on Mauna Kea (Dec 19, 2009)
Stormy night on Mauna Kea (Dec 19, 2009)
Star party at the Mauna Kea visitor center (Feb 15, 2010)
Mauna Loa from Mauna Kea (June 6, 2010)
Lava lake inside Pu`u'O`o (June 7, 2010)
LMC, SMC from Australia (June 11, 2010)
LMC, SMC from Australia (June 12, 2010)
LMC, SMC, Eta Carina and fog from Australia (June 13, 2010)
LMC from Australia (June 17, 2010)
Southern Milky Way over Mauna Loa (July 11, 2010)
Mauna Loa at night, seen from Mauna Kea (August 8, 2010)
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This time lapse was shot from Mauna Kea, near the visitor center, pointing to Mauna Loa. As the Sun sets (right of the field), the sky gets very dark (no Moon) and the Milky way drifts above Mauna Loa. In the first part of the night, the southern tip of Scorpius is visible with several nebula. Later in the night, the mikly way sets and the sky becomes very dark: except from starlight, most of the light comes from airglow, which is visible as a greenish sky background. Clouds are moving from East (left) to West (right) in the saddle between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, pushed by trade winds. A small cloud (cap cloud) hovers atop Mauna Loa during the night, as moist air is pushed up by trade winds moving on the slope on Mauna Loa. The bright red spot just below the Mauna Loa summit is the Mauna Loa Observatory. Cars can be seen on the saddle road, on the Mauna Kea observatory access road and on the Mauna Loa observatory access road. The bluish haze on the West (right) of Mauna Loa summit is vog (volcanic fog) from the Kilauea volcano. A few meteorites are visible in this sequence.
Original data: one exposure every 1mn, 20mm F1.8 on EOS450D
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Sunset, Moonset on SMA (August 17, 2010)
Keck, Gemini, CFHT, UH2.2m and IRTF atop Mauna Kea (Aug 18, 2010)
Mauna Kea as seen from Mauna Loa (Sep 6, 2010)
Comet 103P/Hartley 2 above Gemini dome (Oct 8, 2010)
Mauna Kea lake Waiau (Oct 11, 2010)
Mauna Loa as seen from Mauna Kea (Dec 04, 2010)
Cloudy night (Dec 04, 2010)
Eastern slope of Mauna Loa, as seen from Mauna Kea (Dec 05, 2010)
Star party on the slopes of Mauna Kea (Dec 05, 2010)
Mauna Loa Summit as seen from Mauna Kea - narrow angle (Dec 06, 2010)
Mauna Loa Summit as seen from Mauna Kea - wide angle (Dec 06, 2010)
Moon sets over clouds - wide angle (Dec 08, 2010)
Moon sets over clouds - narrow angle (Dec 08, 2010)
Mauna Kea summit and Geminid meteor shower (Dec 14, 2010)
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Geminid shower. The moon sets during the sequence, turning the sky darker and showing fainter geminids. The ion trails of a few bright geminids are visible. The top of Mauna Kea is snow-covered.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS450D, ISO 800, 30 sec exposure
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Busy astronomers at Mauna Loa observatory (Dec 30, 2010)
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Installation of the robotic DSLR imaging system at MLO. Mauna Kea is in the background.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS450D, ISO 400, automatic exposure (daytime), 30 sec exposure (night)
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Sunset from the Mauna Loa Caldera (March 13, 2011)
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This short video shows stars appearing above the Mauna Loa Caldera at sunset. Some snow is visible on the lava-covered ground.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS450D, ISO 400, automatic exposure
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Southern Milky Way from Mauna Kea (May 29, 2011)
Mauna Loa summit from Mauna Kea (May 30, 2011)
Mauna Kea, seen from Mauna Loa (June 6, 2011)
Halemaumau vent (July 4, 2011)
Southern Milky way from Chile (July 22, 2011)
Milky way rising over Mauna Loa, as seen from Mauna Kea (Aug 4, 2011)
Kilauea Volcano: Pu'u'O'o and Halemaumau vents, seen from Mauna Kea (Aug 5, 2011)
Mauna Loa, clouds, Milky Way and setting moon (Aug 6, 2011)
Mauna Loa and setting moon (Aug 9, 2011)
Foggy night on Mauna Kea Summit (Aug 10, 2011)
Foggy night on Mauna Kea slopes (Oct 23, 2011)
Kilauea Volcano (Dec 01, 2011)
Kilauea Volcano (Dec 04, 2011)
Total Lunar Eclipse (Dec 10, 2011)
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This time lapse was taken the night of a total lunar eclipse. The Moon is bright at the beginning of the video, showing a blue sky with few stars. The sky then mysteriously turns dark, showing many stars and colorful airglow. The eclipsed reddish Moon comes in the field of view from the top, and then gradually brightens as the eclipse ends.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS450D, ISO 200, 20 sec per exposure
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Mauna Kea and North star (Dec 24, 2011)
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Mauna Kea, as seen from a location near the Mauna Loa observatory. The North star is near the upper left corner. Cars can be seen going up and down the Mauna Kea observatory access road, while a few planes rapidly cross the image, all this while stars quietly drift in the sky around the North star.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS450D, ISO 800, 60 sec per exposure
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Jupiter, Venus and Pleiades over Hualalai (Mar 18, 2012)
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Hualalai (2521 m) is Hawaii's third most active volcano. In this timelapse shot from the slope of Mauna Loa near the Mauna Loa observatory, Jupiter, Venus and then the Pleiades are setting in the western sky, over Hualalai. The faint glow at the horizon in the right is Honolulu, Hawaii's largest city.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS450D, ISO 800, 30 sec per exposure
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Mauna Kea (May 6, 2012)
Mauna Loa (May 20, 2012)
AMiBA (May 26, 2012)
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The Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA), located on Mauna Loa, is busy observing the cosmic microwave background in this short time lapse video.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS550D, ISO 800, 30 sec per exposure
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Southern Milky Way from Mauna Kea slopes (June 10, 2012)
Kilauea volcano eruption from Mauna Kea (June 15, 2012)
Kilauea volcano eruption from Mauna Kea (June 16, 2012)
Northern Milky Way rising over Mauna Kea (June 20, 2012)
AMiBA (June 23, 2012)
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The Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA), located on Mauna Loa, is busy observing the cosmic microwave background in this short time lapse video.
Original data: 24mm F1.4 on EOS550D, ISO 800, 30 sec per exposure
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Perseids, Moon rise and lava (Aug 12, 2012)
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This time lapse shows a few perseids. The beginning of the night is cloudy, and then clears up shortly before Jupiter, the Moon and then Venus rise.
Original data: 20mm F1.4 on EOS550D, ISO 800, 30 sec per exposure
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