{"id":10284,"date":"2012-02-28T09:52:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T14:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ulyssesphotography.com\/blog\/?p=10284"},"modified":"2012-02-28T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T15:14:34","slug":"astronomers-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulyssesphotography.com\/blog\/astronomers-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomer&#8217;s Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/36972668?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Inspiration for portrait and wedding photography comes in many forms, and it often comes from outside the discipline of our own field. Photojournalist <a title=\"Christoph Malin website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christophmalin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christoph Malin<\/a>, along with Babak Tafreshi of the <a title=\"The World At Night\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twanight.org\/newTWAN\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">TWANight.org<\/a> (an organization whose goal is to present stunning views of world landmarks juxtaposed against the spectacular night sky) traveled to the\u00a0<a title=\"Very Large Telescope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/vlt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Very Large Telescope<\/a>,\u00a0which is an array of four 8-meter telescopes positioned like enormous alien craft\u00a0on Paranal Mountain in northern Chile to capture some truly awe-inspiring images. The extraordinarily clean air and the altitude provided a crystal clear window into the southern sky. Some 7,500 images (out of over 35,000 during their two-week visit) were used for creation of this breathtaking time-lapsed video. 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