The Alps at night is a fantastic time-lapse video by Matthew Vandeputte.

Midnight Sun | Iceland (by SCIENTIFANTASTIC)

About the video:

Midnight Sun: A natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day.

This short time lapse film was shot during the Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011. For 17 days I travelled solo around the entire island shooting almost 24 hours, sleeping in the car, and eating whenever I had the time. During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine. Especially during the Midnight Sun when the quality of light hitting the landscape is very unusual, and very spectacular.

Tempest Milky Way (by Randy Halverson) is a time-lapse video that has stars AND storms. It’s a tour-de-force of nature’s grandeur.

TimeScapes: Rapture is a trailer for a film by Tom Lowe, the 2010 Astronomy Photographer of the Year. There aren’t enough adjectives to describe how beautiful these time-lapse sequences are. I can’t wait for the full film’s release in May 2012.

Plains Milky Way (by Randy Halverson) is a beautiful time-lapse video shot in central South Dakota. 

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Time-Lapses of Night Sky Over ALMA Observatory on Chilean Plateau

Aurora Borealis in Finnish Lapland 2011 (by Flatlight Films)

This amazingly beautiful time-lapse video was filmed during the winter of 2011 as a travel ad for Finland. Beware, you might find yourself packing some sweaters after watching this.

This is just a preview of an upcoming time lapse video taken by Ron Garan from the space station for the project FragileOasis.

If you haven’t heard about this project, it’s worth checking out. This is Ron Garan’s mission statement for Fragile Oasis.

It is very difficult to look at our beautiful Earth from space without being moved in some way. One of the main goals of Fragile Oasis is to share this orbital perspective and inspire people to go out and make a difference; to go out and somehow make life better for those with whom they share this fragile oasis. The Fragile Oasis community was established to unite in the common goal of sharing our humanity and improving our world. Let us inspire, recognize, and help each other in our collective quest to make life better on our planet.

Ocean Sky (by Alex Cherney) was the deserving  overall winner at the STARMUS astrophotography competition. I highly recommend finding the biggest screen you can to watch this.

The Unseen Sea (by Simon Christen)

A collection of time lapses taken around the San Francisco Bay Area over the period of one year.

Prepare to be mesmerized.

Compressed 02 (by Kim Pimmel)

The Aurora (by TSO Photography)

He spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years. It was a week well spent.