"Horizons" -- Gorgeous New Views from Dakotalapse

By Nancy Atkinson - June 19, 2013 04:50 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

We've oohed and ahhed many times over the handiwork of Randy Halverson and his

Dakotalapse timelapse videos and imagery

of the night sky. He may have outdone himself with his latest timelapse, called

"Horizons.

" Randy shot the footage from April - October 2012, mostly in South Dakota, but also some at Devils Tower in Wyoming.

"Growing up in South Dakota the landscape itself can be beautiful at times,"

Randy says

, "but that doesn't compare to what the sky can do, especially at night." Not only is the imagery absolutely breathtaking, but the accompanying music is an original called

"I Forever"

by Bear McCreary (The Walking Dead, Defiance, Battlestar Galactica, etc) his brother Brendan McCreary and his band Young Beautiful in a Hurry.

There's a four-minute version below, but also available on Vimeo On Demand is a full 30-minute feature . Enjoy!!

The lead image and this one below are recent images from Randy that he has posted on

Flickr.

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Mirrored Aurora - Aurora mirrors off a small lake in central South Dakota on June 6, 2013. Credit and copyright: Randy Halverson/Dakotalapse.[/caption]

Horizons from Randy Halverson 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