Location: Snowshoe Creek near Wickersham Dome, Alaska, USA
Dates: March 20 - 21, 2012

Between 11:03 pm on March 20 and 3:06 am on March 21, a total of 2,372 images have been captured and combined to a 2:38 minute time lapse video. Note the setting planets Jupiter and Venus shining through clouds at the North-Eastern horizon in the first part of the clip. Two outbursts of auroral activity and dozens of satellite flybys can be seen later on - also including a few satellite flares, a full 360° camera rotation, auroral display overhead, Mars in constellation Leo and the occasional race truck on it's way to (or from) the arctic slope supplying Prudhoe Bay.

Time Lapse Details: 2,372 images during 4 hrs of continuous shooting, totaling 55 GB of data, condensed to a 2 min. 38 sec. video

Photo details: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Zeiss Distagon 25mm f/2.0 ZE lens, 1600/800 ASA, 5 sec exposures