The Desert Landscape and Dynamic Nightscape at Cerro Tololo
Unlike the static desert landscape in the foreground, the dynamic nightscape above Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) is a hypnotizing show of lights. The Moon, which appears as a bright point at the right side of the frame, moves in concert with the Milky Way, a band of light on the left side of the frame. This apparent movement of the nightscape is a result of the Earth's rotation about its axis.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos
About the Video
Id: | TL3-Blanco-FD-TL-Distant-CC |
Release date: | Sept. 21, 2023, 2:51 p.m. |
Duration: | 27 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
Category: | CTIO Fulldome |