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Time-lapse video of Aurora Australis: The Southern Lights watch!

antarcticimages.com — This is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Filmed during the Antarctic winter in the general vicinity of McMurdo Station and Scott Base, where the sun is below the horizon for 4 months of the year by Anthony Powell, a photographer based in Antarctica.

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  • ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -0/+7Very cool time-lapse, especially the greens.
    • faatbuddha, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3Especially ON the greens.
      (If you knows what I means.)

      But yeah, they were awesome... I think I liked the second, longer one even more.
  • abid8740, on 06/30/2008, -0/+20http://youtube.com/watch?v=icugqEEOgkg
    • lazycat, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2Thank you for finding a mirror. I always try to link to content creators' original websites, but unfortunately their hosting providers often cannot withstand all the traffic that Digg generates.
  • MicronXD, on 06/30/2008, -1/+6beautiful
  • dtele, on 06/30/2008, -0/+4Amazing thanks
  • twertyto, on 06/30/2008, -10/+1If I had a girlfriend for every time this hit the front page I'd be Hugh Hefner
  • effstops, on 06/30/2008, -1/+5Beautiful, especially with that music.
  • labortrials, on 06/30/2008, -1/+6bets it would be cool with a faster internet connection. =(
  • epadafunk, on 06/30/2008, -7/+1It looks like the northern lights to me, someone's not telling the truth.
  • elenadragon, on 06/30/2008, -0/+9The youtube video says the music is from Black Beauty by Danny Elfman (track called "Memories") for anyone who is interested.
    • Fjosnisse, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Was hoping somebody would post the song title. Thanks a bunch.
    • DrummerAndrew, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Same Danny Elfman of the Simpsons, one might suppose. Great composer.
      • elenadragon, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1One of the best. :) The soundtrack to Edward Scissorhands sounds similar to Black Beauty actually, and is also very beautiful.
  • largelion, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0Perfect.
  • crazytaxi, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2where is the screensaver?
  • Gimpyfuzznut, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Anyone know what kind of equipment you need on top of a DSLR to be able to take pictures of the stars?
    • ForkySpoony, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2A tripod and a good lens.
    • DrummerAndrew, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1I have this kickass shutter release cable. It's digital. It allows you to take up to 99h 99m 99s exposures, or delay between shots. And it'll do down to 1s increments. So you can do like 30sec exposure every 30 sec. It's fun.
    • Bamboolemur, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Tripod and a external timer/shutter release cable is helpful as well.
  • JagPop, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Nice thing to catch
    just before hitting the sack.

    Thanks
  • vroom101, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3Aurora Australis from space -- photos 6, 18, and 19 (high-res links included): http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20050129.htm
  • kentwidman, on 06/30/2008, -8/+1Yeah it's beautiful, but who gives a damn.
  • Halsfield, on 06/30/2008, -0/+6very cool time-lapse, but really, no pictures or video can ever compare to seeing it in real life, highly recommend trying to see either the northern or southern lights before your lifetime is up.
    • Murdats, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1well considering I live in australia and the southern lights are only visible from antartica or the very southern tip of Tasmania it may be a while.

      though I would love to see it one day, that and snow falling.
  • outToLunch, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Very beautiful. I saw them often in Manitoba, though in the northern hemisphere the technical term would be the more familiar "Aurora Borealis."
  • AirRaven, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1I've always been curious to see what they look like when *not* time-lapsed...
    All I've ever seen are "Oh so cool" videos like this- which, despite being pretty, don't really fill you in on what it looks like in realtime...
    Anybody got anything that might help there?
    • outToLunch, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2Like a single snapshot as they rarely move as fast. At times, particularly amazing when the sky is clear, they stretch like neon fire walls across the whole sky. This description makes more sense if you noticed in the video they often look like flat wavy sheets perpendicular to the Earth's surface. It is definitely something to see the whole sky lit up in pinks and greens in the middle of the night (usually winter).
  • WhoDoneIt, on 06/30/2008, -1/+2This is stunning. I really liked the part where you saw the smoke rise from the chimneys.

    I have to admit though. I was waiting for it to end with a Coca-Cola logo splashed on the screen.
  • macbookcoard, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2Gah, I wish I had views like these...
  • gryphon50, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1I saw the Northern Lights once, it was in northern New York State. I think it is rare for them to be seen that far to the south though, I only saw them the one time when I lived in that area.
  • pigducksheep, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1I liked it.
  • bridgeyman, on 06/30/2008, -1/+1Based in Antartica?
  • ottos13, on 06/30/2008, -1/+2i've seen some of these from where i live in tasmania (bottom of australia). but they don't get quite as good as they do in this video. they also get hard to see because of city lights and they appeared to pop up in bits of the sky, not follow through like the video was showing
  • LongBong, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0need more good ***** like this being posted, thanks so much
  • JamalJenkins, on 07/14/2008, -0/+0fricken sweet
  • DirtPile, on 06/30/2008, -1/+0boom de yada, boom de yada.
  • stealthduke, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1I lived in the Northwest Territories for three months this past winter, and seeing the Aurora with my own eyes was simply amazing. Even the spectacular beauty of this video gives me goosebumps. Everyone should go north (or south perhaps!) and witness it for themselves.
  • jdubdub, on 06/30/2008, -0/+6Aurora Australis...?
    At this time of year?
    At this time of day?
    In this part of the country?
    Localised ENTIRELY within your kitchen?
  • MattFid, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1That made me actually want to visit Antarctica for the first time... ever.
  • ByronFortescue, on 06/30/2008, -1/+1The second vid is even cooler:

    http://www.antarcticimages.com/gallery/5140882_A29 ...
  • JaXaL, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Absolutely breath taking.
  • gangxue, on 07/05/2008, -1/+0I only come to look
    http://www.guanlangaoshou001.com.cn
  • DouchHalco, on 07/15/2008, -0/+0this doesnt have anything to do with Batman!
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