Zodiacal Light Time Lapse

Time lapse of the Zodiacal Light, one of the most beautiful things you can see in the night sky.

Zodiacal light is a faint, roughly triangular, diffuse white glow seen in the night sky that appears to extend up from the vicinity of the Sun along the ecliptic or zodiac.[1] It is best seen just after sunset and before sunrise in spring and autumn when the zodiac is at a steep angle to the horizon. Caused by sunlight scattered by space dust in the zodiacal cloud, it is so faint that either moonlight or light pollution renders it invisible.

Shot on a Nikon D4 & Nikkor 14-24mm F2.8
ISO 3200, WB 4100K, 30 second exposure.

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[Culmen]

Great video. I just read the PhD thesis by Brian May from Queen about the Zodiacal Light.

[johndolan]

Stunning and mysterious. A great video!

[Ghostmodem]

Hi
that was amazing it was a great video. It is so beautiful.

[jma]

0:46 it looks like the stars are like the wall of a room. Mostly at 0:49

[HarlesGarage]

Thanks

thats actually the wind moving the water (it was pretty windy that night).

[starman]

Very impressive. ZL such a rare sight, yet it is always there to some degree.

[TheRamseybros]

Harles I LOVE your videos, and Simon's music, IT'S A GREAT MIX!

btw, when I look into the lake, I can see clouds move, butt no clouds while the milky way moves in the background, What's happening there? I'm confused butt mesmerized!

[malloryknox]

I like the star trails at the end. If the stars and constellations are just making circles AROUND US.... then we can't be flying through space or we would constantly be seeing inconsistent constellations that we could NOT set our "watches" to for centuries.

[eikosimino]

Can somebody give me a scientific reason to :
1. Why Zodiacal Light happens