Timelapse Video of Night Sky Camera Set Up

Timelapse Night Sky Camera Installation

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Silent timelapse video shows night sky specialists with the NPS Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division installing a custom CCD camera for measuring light conditions of the night sky. Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska.

Sweeping valley view across the City of Wenatchee, WA from atop Burch Mountain shows NSNSD resource specialist Ashley Pipkin installing the specialized NPS CCD camera used for night sky monitoring.

NPS/Li-Wei Hung

Learn more about the CCD camera and work of the division in the article, No Ordinary Camera (https://www.nps.gov/articles/no-ordinary-camera.htm).