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Visitors to Cosmotions.com come from all over the planet, with page views from
more than 147 countries in 2009 (so far)! This site is continually expanding with
new video content, new video formats
(including StereoFX), sound clips,
helpful photography tips,
and cool links to further explore the cosmos in motion.
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Aside from the foreground scenery and occasional clouds, the most common things you'll see in the content of these videos are
the stars of our Milky Way
galaxy and moonlight. You might also see the Sun, Earth's moon, and even the brighter planets of our solar system.
Perhaps the most distant object you might see here is the Andromeda galaxy (background), about 2.5 million light years away.
The motion of the stars is shown at an accelerated pace in relation to what you actually see while viewing the night sky in
real-time.
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Some other things you'll see are aircraft navigation lights or vapor trails,
sunlight reflecting off of Earth-orbiting satellites, meteors, wildlife, vehicle lights, lightning,
light pollution
illuminating clouds and scenery, and occasional airglow.
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Cosmotions is here to present you with
time-compressed views of real scenes or events in our cosmos, just as they played-out in front of the camera when they were
photographed on location.
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You see REAL landscapes, the REAL moon or Sun, REAL stars, REAL comets, REAL atmospheric and weather phenomenon - the REAL world and
universe around us. In one respect - time - Cosmotions takes you beyond the human pace of reality in that you can view phenomenon
that may be imperceptible to the human eye; the motion of the stars (rotation of the Earth), inner solar system comets,
the movement of shadows across moonlit landscapes, and more.
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Cosmotions may just
be the most unique way to experience the grand scale of nature through the internet!
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Wildlife encounters have been a treat (so far) as I often venture out late in the day in search of new scenic locations to film.
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I've seen
bunnies, deer, jackrabbits, geese, a beaver, squirrels, field mice, mountain goats, skunks, porcupines, owls, a tarantula, a fox, a 3-legged raccoon,
and the occasional pair of reflective glowing eyes watching me work - how nice that they show interest :\ On several recent
ventures into nearby canyons I've encountered the daredevil antics of the
Common
Nighthawk - especially in the stealth
of night! I've now adopted this frequent flyer as the official bird of Cosmotions.
Learn about this
amazing nocturnal aerobatic bug-snatcher and
hear what I've experienced on many
star-filled evenings.
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