Stunning Timelapse Video of Earth and Sky

By Nancy Atkinson - November 01, 2010 02:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The Bad Astronomer posted a time-lapse video today which is wonderful,

and you should go watch it

, but I'm going to counter with another incredible time-lapse that might be even better (in my opinion! -- and as suggested by

Daniel Fischer

on Twitter). This one was created by photographer Dustin Farrell, and shows a year's compilation of his time lapse work. "All shot on the Canon 5D2 and processed in Adobe After Effects," Farrell writes on his

Vimeo page

. "The majority of the shots are in my beautiful home state of Arizona. Goblin Valley State Park and Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah also make an appearance," -- as do NASA's new electric rovers. Check out Farrell's company's website,

CrewWest, Inc.

Just amazing.

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