This was
filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El
Teide.
Spain´s
highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph
the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one
of the world´s best observatories.
The goal was
to capture the beautiful Milky Way galaxy along with one of the most amazing
mountains I know El Teide. I have to say this was one of the most exhausting
trips I have done. There was a lot of hiking at high altitudes and probably
less than 10 hours of sleep in total for the whole week. Having been here 10-11
times before I had a long list of must-see locations I wanted to capture for
this movie, but I am still not 100% used to carrying around so much gear
required for time-lapse movies.
A large
sandstorm hit the Sahara Desert on the 9th April and at approx 3am in the night
the sandstorm hit me, making it nearly impossible to see the sky with my own
eyes.
Interestingly
enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this
time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had
managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island
making it look like golden clouds. The Milky Way was shining through the
clouds, making the stars sparkle in an interesting way. So if you ever wondered
how the Milky Way would look through a Sahara sandstorm, look at 00:32.
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