“Nocturnal (Redux)” by Unkle

song info

    “Nocturnal (Redux)” by Unkle is a New Age song.

    The video “Nocturnal: Scenes from the Southern Night, Western Australia, and Chile” is by Colin Legg.

    NASA/JPL Astronomy Picture of the Day for 6 August 2012

    Explanation: Have you ever seen the night sky change? It does — sometimes in beautiful and unexpected ways. To see it, though, usually requires patience. The above award winning video shows several of the possible changes in dramatic fashion with a time lapse video. Visible are sunset-illuminated clouds moving, stars of vivid colors rising, the long tail of a Comet Lovejoy rising, bright satellites crossing, a meteor exploding, a distant lightning storm approaching, skyscapes including the Magellanic Clouds rotating, and a fisheye sky rotating while the foreground becomes illuminated by moonlight. Frequently featuring an artistic human sculpture in the foreground and the southern sky in the background, the video closes with a time lapse clip of a total lunar eclipse. If you can identify any more of the sky events depicted — or any of the landscapes shown — please illuminate them with a comment.

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