A Timelapse of the Milky Way Galaxy from 40,000 feet

I captured this on a flight from Maui, HI to Dallas, TX in early March of 2020.
I had a whole row to myself on the plane, so I set up my camera and tripod on the window seat and captured this timelapse over a period of 4 hours.

Settings: 14mm, f/1.8, 6", ISO 20,000, 1900 frames

Gear used:

Music: Audiomachine - A Trick of the Mind..

[ShonTolliverMusic]

This made me cry a little. Thank you for giving this to the world. It's magnificent.

[keroloss]

The natural beauty. 40 000 feet away from the polluted earth. This is remarkable if this is what astronauts see every night

[kasanova]

I’m here cause I saw your post on reddit and brought me to the link here! Amazing and beautiful, I just stare in awe just thinking how small we are in this vast universe

[tinkmarshino]

I have always loved night flights.. the only problem is I can not sleep for watching.. outstanding.. thanks for the memories!

[ed]

I've never seen so many stars from the plane. This is cool.

[XYZ-yfcb]

I'm here from the daily dose of internet

[xeldredgej]

Cameras have much higher light exposure than the human eye, so it can capture much fainter stars and light than we can. You wouldn't see the night sky like this on any plane. Hence why the sunrise was so blinding at the end.

[zvx-dev]

At the same time its scary but its also calming. Knowing that when you die you can explore all of this makes me think that we should not be scared of death and we should all live normally in peace without "speeding up" the timer to us or other people.

[edgarhdz]

This is so beautiful and so scary at the same time, i love space and i love watching the sky at night, greatest video in existence.

[shahirtaeny]

The idea to watch the sky without being in the dark site is interesting

[jessgroovy]

Thank you for this. This universe is impeccable 🌌🔮

[Vince-mdbm]

Music + view makes me cry. So powerful

[tallsuffer]

dear god i wish I'm up there
i would be crying to see this beautiful view. especially when I'm all stressed. I can relax by watching the nature

[NeroVS]

One of the main reasons why I want to be a astronomer. This is simply majestic

[ChadWalber]

Everyone in the comments, it is actually pretty easy to see the Milky Way, as well as Andromeda, and a bunch of other cool stuff like you see in this video with the naked eye.

You have to drive out of the cities, WAY out of the cities. A couple of hundred miles. The light pollution that cities cause is destroying out view of this natural wonder. Look online for Dark Sky Parks, or just travel to Upper Michigan, Northern Wisconsin, Northern Ontario, or any where that has no natural light sources. Again, don't be in town, get out in the middle of nowhere. A quiet beach, a large empty field, or on top of a dark hill.


Then, when you get there, leave your flashlights off and wait. It's going to take about a half hour before your eyes adjust, but you will be able to see all of this, and more if you just are patient and look.

As someone who has taken some of these pictures, and looked at the sky while doing it, yes, you get MUCH more detail with the camera, but the fact that I've seen it with the naked eye is WHY I started doing astrophotography.

[jesse-thalongway-jaie]

All I kept saying was wow... there are no words to describe how beautifully breathtaking that is,

[Elijah-pfgi]

Wow, how nice would it be to look outside at this on a plane. Magnificent.

[capturethephotons]

My new favorite channel. The beauty of the heavens on YouTube🌌

[mukeshgoyal]

I want to experience this once in my life

[gilliankeene]

Creation is beyond words so beautiful above and beyond all can imagine.