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Trail’s End: Beautiful New Night-Sky Timelapse by Randy Halverson

8 Apr , 2015 by Nancy Atkinson

Stunning views of the Milky Way, shimmering aurora, spectacular thunderstorms, flashing meteors, zipping satellies, stirring music, and spooky sprites and gravity waves …. they are all part of this wonderful new timelapse by night-sky guru Randy Halverson. “Trails End is a compilation of some of my favorite timelapse shots from 2014, with a few aurora […]

Photo Shoot Captures Classified Spy Satellite Engine Burn

7 Jan , 2015 by Nancy Atkinson

Remember at the end of “Star Trek: First Contact” when Lily looks up to see the Enterprise enter the temporal vortex with a flash of light? Astrophotographer Randy Halverson captured a view very similar to that scene, albeit without time travel or Vulcans standing nearby. “On July 28th, 2014, I was set up to shoot […]

Timelapse: Sprites, Gravity Waves and Airglow

4 Sep , 2014 by Nancy Atkinson

Look! Fast! Sprite lightning occurs only at high altitudes above thunderstorms, only last for a thousandth of a second and emit light in the red portion of the visible spectrum, so they are really difficult to see. But one of our favorite astrophotographers and timelapse artists, Randy Halverson captured sprites during a recent thunderstorm in […]

Simply Breathtaking Night Sky Timelapse: “Huelux” by Randy Halverson

29 Jan , 2014 by Nancy Atkinson

Regular readers of Universe Today will be well-acquainted with the photography and timelapse work of Randy Halverson. He’s just released his latest timelapse and in a word, it is breathtaking. Aurora, thunderstorms — sometimes both at once — and, of course, stunning views of the night sky. Randy shot the footage during April-November 2013 in […]

“Horizons” — Gorgeous New Views from Dakotalapse

19 Jun , 2013 by Nancy Atkinson

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. […]

Lovely Astrophoto: Cottonwoods and the Milky Way

20 May , 2013 by Nancy Atkinson

Admittedly, I’m partial to Randy Halverson’s night sky photography from South Dakota. Having grown up in neighboring North Dakota myself, Halverson’s images bring back memories of the dark skies that grace the northern plains. But this one is just stunning, not to mention my early childhood home was surrounded by cottonwood trees — towering giants […]

Stunning New Timelapse: Tempest Milky Way

23 Aug , 2011 by Nancy Atkinson

It’s been a summer of storms across the US, and timelapse photographer Randy Halverson has taken advantage of it! Randy alerted us that he’s just put out a new video following his incredible Plains Milky Way timelapse from earlier this year. His new one is “Tempest Milky Way” which features the storms and skies of […]

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