Beautiful Timelapse: Night Sky at the Shore

By Nancy Atkinson - September 13, 2013 07:01 PM UTC | Observing

Need a little inspiration to go out and do some stargazing this weekend? Look no further than this gorgeous timelapse by

Jack Fusco

. There are awesome views of both sea and sky, the Milky Way, star trails, awesome cloud scenes and funky, directionally-challenged moving lights in the sky.

I've been working on a timelapse of the night sky over the New Jersey coastline," Jack told us via email. "New Jersey definitely isn't the best location for stargazing, but I think given the circumstances, many people will be surprised. I hope it inspires people to set some time aside to stargaze where they live even if they previously thought it wasn't worth trying."

Jack said he's been working on this one for 10 months, and it's definitely worth the hard work he's put in.

Jack also gives a shout out to those affected by Hurricane Sandy last year. "A special thank you to all of those who have worked so hard to restore the homes of those lost during Sandy,"

he writes on Vimeo

. "Thank you to every volunteer that has spent time bringing the beauty back to our boardwalks and our beaches. The last year has been filled with heartbreak and devastation with much work still being done."

Check out more of Jack's work on his

website

and

Facebook.

Home At The Shore from Jack Fusco on Vimeo.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com