Home to the darkest and cleanest skies in the world, the Atacama Desert offers views to the nightsky like no other. 2 years after the very successful first video "Nox Atacama" we return to this magnificent region and get rewarded with uncountable numbers of stars and fantastic nebulae in one of the most quiet a empty places on earth. Not a single noise distracts from the grand show the nightsky has to offer. Filmed over a month in Mar/April 2019, I worked in freezing temperatures, altitudes up to 5200m/17000ft, salt lakes and icy slopes. The Atacama is not welcoming to life and equipment. The lack of oxygen makes it tough to get anything done in these high altitudes. But it provides without doubt for epic and vast vistas of one of the greatest landscapes on earth. SPECIAL THANKS to Angelbird Media for supporting this project with their storage solutions: https://www.angelbird.com/ BUSINESS-CONTACT: martin[@]timestormfilms.net STOCK FOOTAGE: https://timestormfilms.net/portfolio-posts/atacama-stock-footage/ WEBSITE: http://www.timestormfilms.com INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/martin_heck/ MUSIC: “Back to Earth” and "Gamma Ray" - Hector Posser EQUIPMENT: Cameras: Nikon D850, Sony A7RIII, Sony A7RII Lenses: Zeiss Otus 28mm f1.4, Sigma 14-24mm f2.8, Sigma 14mm f1.8, Canon 11-24mm f4, Sigma 50mm f1.4, Canon 70-200mm f4, Tamron 100-400mm Motion-Control: eMotimo Spectrum ST4, Dynamic Perception Stage Zero, Vixen Polarie Star Tracker

Have a look behind the scenes of a one month journey shooting Nox Atacama II in the Atacama Desert. One of my cases with tripods, warm clothes etc was lost by the airline when I went there (it got found after I got back home). I run my slider on steel curtain rails instead of slick carbon-fiber rods. The conditions were harsh, the air thin, and the nightsky absolutely mind-blowing. I shot 120000 8K RAW photos, 6TB in total. It took another month of 24/7 rendering to bring those into playable video clips. But all that was clearly worth it in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6TqGLBY4hI SPECIAL THANKS to: https://www.angelbird.com for providing me some very nice portable SSDs on this trip www.wickedsouthamerica.com for the very nice 4x4 camper http://share.mscbd.fm/martinheck

Part three of a series of journeys to the big astronomical observatories of this planet. La Palma, a beautiful and remote island of the Canary Islands is home to one of the worlds biggest and most diverse observatories. The "Roque de los Muchachos Observatory" contains jointly the telescopes and instruments of about 60 institutions from more than 20 countries. But beside the modern, scientific research that is being done here, this place also as a rich history of the native population as place to observe the stars. Petroglyphs confirm that there have been astronomical observations thousands of years ago already. Filmed and edited by Martin Heck: https://www.timestormfilms.com/ Filmed for the documentary "Star Stuff" by Milad Tangshir (milad.tangshir@gmail.com). Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Vp5waD4i8 Produced by Davide Ferrario: http://www.rossofuocofilm.it/produzioni.htm Music: by Generdyn http://share.mscbd.fm/martinheck Shot in Summer of 2016 on the Island of La Palma GEAR: Cameras: Sony A7RII, Sony A7s, Canon 6D Lenses: Zeiss Otus 28mm f1.4, Zeiss Milvus 35mm f2, Tamron 15-30mm f2.8, Canon 11-24mm f4, Canon 70-200m f4, Canon 24-105mm f4 Motion-Control: eMotimo Spectrum ST4, Dynamic Perception Stage Zero slider Edited in LRTimelapse, Lightroom, After Effects and Davinci Resolve

Part two of a series of journeys to the big astronomical observatories of this planet. In this video: The Paranal Observatory and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array - ALMA. With some of the biggest ground-based telescopes on earth, the observatories of the European Southern Observatory in Chile are at the bleeding edge of astronomical research. These incredibly complex machines, operating synchronized and precisely in the very remote and hostile environments of the Atacama Desert and Andes, enable deep views into the universe. All the sequences were shot in only 4 nights in total, but on two trips in 2017 and 2019. Filmed and edited by Martin Heck: https://www.timestormfilms.com/ Paranal scenes filmed for the documentary "Star Stuff" by Milad Tangshir (milad.tangshir@gmail.com). Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Vp5waD4i8 Produced by Davide Ferrario: http://www.rossofuocofilm.it/produzioni.htm Special Thanks the Staff of PARANAL: https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/ ALMA scenes filmed for the documentary "Eternal Sky" by Debra Kellner: http://www.debrakellner.org/ Special Thanks to the Staff of ALMA: https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/about-alma-at-first-glance/the-people/the-workers-at-alma/ Music: "Chasing Time" by David A. Molina http://share.mscbd.fm/martinheck Shot in June 2017 at the Paranal Observatory and in July 2019 at Paranal and ALMA GEAR: Cameras: Nikon D850, Sony A7R3, Sony A7R2, Sony A7s, Canon 6D Lenses: Zeiss Otus 28mm f1.4, Zeiss Milvus 35mm f2, Sigma 14-24mm f2.8, Sigma 14mm f1.8, Sigma 50mm f1.8, Sigma 60-600mm, Tamron 15-30mm f2.8, Tamron 100-400mm, Canon 11-24mm f4, Canon 70-200m f4 Motion-Control: eMotimo Spectrum ST4, Dynamic Perception Stage Zero slider Edited in LRTimelapse, Lightroom, After Effects and Davinci Resolve

Part one of a series of journeys to the big astronomical observatories of this planet. We visit the great spaces of the Karoo Desert and discover fascinating features of earths history, relicts of human history and cutting edge technology in a very remote region of the earth. Bortle class 1 nightskies with zero light pollution offer an epic view into the nightsky. Filmed and edited by Martin Heck: https://www.timestormfilms.com/ Filmed for the documentary "Star Stuff" by Milad Tangshir (milad.tangshir@gmail.com). Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Vp5waD4i8 Produced by Davide Ferrario: http://www.rossofuocofilm.it/produzioni.htm Music: "Chasm" by Tony Anderson http://share.mscbd.fm/martinheck Shot in March 2017 in and around Sutherland, SA GEAR: Cameras: Sony A7RII, Sony A7s, Canon 6D Lenses: Zeiss Otus 28mm f1.4, Zeiss Milvus 35mm f2, Tamron 15-30mm f2.8, Canon 11-24mm f4, Canon 70-200m f4, Canon 24-105mm f4 Motion-Control: eMotimo Spectrum ST4, Dynamic Perception Stage Zero slider Edited in LRTimelapse, Lightroom, After Effects and Davinci Resolve

This video is dedicated to Brian Bloss and who went from us way too soon. Enjoy these impressions of the total solar eclipse of July 2nd 2019, as seen from the mountains of the southern tip of the Atacama region, Chile. It was technically very challenging as we were handling 7 cameras in total. Still, seeing this with your own eyes was impressive and is certainly challenging your perception. Tech Details: -RED Epic-W 8K with Sigma 60-600mm -Nikon D850 with Tamron 100-400 + 1,4x extender -Sony A7RIII with Sigma 14-24mm with eMotimo Spectrum and DP Stage 1 slider -Sony A7RII static - DJI Mavic 2 Pro, aerial static Music: Majesty Abound - Ryan Taubert Visit www.timestormfilms.com for stock inquiries