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Jasper landscape for Stellarium software

Pyramid Island landscape for Stellarium Stellarium is a popular, free planetarium software for PC, Mac, and Linux. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. I created a custom landscape of the Pyramid Island observation sites in Jasper National Park for the program, which allows users to check out what stars and planets will be visible from the site at any date and time.

Download the landscape at Jasperdarksky.org
Read instructions on how to install the landscape in your copy of Stellarium.

Uncategorized | Rogier | October 19, 2011 20:00 | Comments (1)

Mountain time lapse

Yet another great time lapse video, this time from Spain, featuring some stunning night-time scenes. Inspiring as usual.

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Outdoor, photography | Rogier | June 8, 2011 21:00 | Comments (3)

Africa from the air

This short video features George Steinmetz’s stunning aerial photography over Africa. George is a great photographer; his aerial photos are second to none. I once had the fortune to take him around Manokwari in West Papua for a day.

Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures in his photographs the stunning beauty, potential and hope of Africa’s landscapes and people. See the project at http://mediastorm.com/publication/african-air

conservation, photography, Travel | Rogier | June 5, 2011 21:00 | Comments (1)

Parks Canada’s Gift to the Earth

Parks Canada turned 100 on May 19, 2011. In recognition of its conservation efforts it received the WWF Gift to the Earth Award. Watch the video below to learn more about Parks Canada’s recent conservation successes. The addition of Lancaster Sound as a National Marine Conservation Area is fantastic news – it is home to millions of seabirds, like these thick-billed murres on Prince Leopold Island.

Parks Canada’s 100th anniversary video:

Canada, conservation, National Parks, Nunavut | Rogier | May 19, 2011 18:00 | Comments (1)

The city limits timelapse

Another cool timelapse video, showing the contrast between cities and nature.

Timelapse – The City Limits from Dominic on Vimeo.

Canada, photography | Rogier | May 9, 2011 21:00 | Comments (1)

Arctic photography by Paul Nicklen

Paul Nicklen is probably the world’s top Arctic and Antarctic photographer. His photos are unequaled, as is his zeal to get THE shot. This excellent TED talk gives a taste of the lengths he goes to to get his award-winning photos. Enjoy.

Canada, conservation, Nunavut, photography | Rogier | 21:00 | Comments (0)

Video footage from within an avalanche

This video has amazing footage from inside an avalanche, and shows how an airbag and avalung can save lives. It also shows to not underestimate the power of avalanches…