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An awe-inspiring look at the Very Large Telescope in the Chilean desert

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We’ve seen some breathtaking photography and footage of the night sky from Chile’s Atacama Desert, but this eight-minute time-lapse sequence of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope takes the cake. See the Earth rotate around the endless sky.

https://gizmodo.com/the-constellations-come-out-to-play-above-the-very-larg-5801998

https://gizmodo.com/a-gorgeous-time-lapse-video-of-the-universe-recorded-f-5765022

[Video by Stephane Guisard and José Francisco Salgado. Spotted on Discover.]

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