Countdown - night sky sources — storyboard

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. A very wide view of the whole sky, the Milky Way band running across the middle of the frame. The stars drift with imperceptible slowness. Nothing else moves.

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. A very wide view of the same sky from a slightly different angle, the Milky Way band lower in the frame, more open dark sky above it. Extremely slow drift.

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. The luminous core of the Milky Way filling the middle of the frame, dense star fields either side. Very slow, even drift across the frame.

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. The same luminous Milky Way core, framed almost identically, the star field drifting very slowly and evenly across the frame.

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. The same Milky Way core and star field, near-identical framing, drifting slowly and steadily. Calm and even.

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. The deepest, darkest part of the sky, far from the Milky Way core - dense faint stars on near-black, very few bright ones. Almost nothing moves at all. Profoundly still.

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. A wide, calm, completely steady view of the same night sky, the Milky Way band across it, opening out a little wider than before. It is night and it stays night. Only the stars drift, very slowly and evenly.

A vast clear night sky seen from below, deep indigo and blue-black, dense with faint stars, a soft luminous band of the Milky Way drifting across it. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS SKY: there is NO horizon, NO ground, NO grass, NO trees, NO mountains, NO buildings and NO land anywhere in the picture - the camera points straight up. NO people, no animals, no aircraft, no satellites, no shooting stars, NO CLOUDS of any kind, no text, no numbers, no writing. The sky does NOT brighten, does not get lighter and does not begin to dawn - it stays night throughout. Not daytime, not sunrise, not sunset, not a city glow. Deep, quiet, spacious. Natural astrophotography, soft and unhurried. Camera perfectly static. The same night sky, wide and open and entirely still, the star field drifting with imperceptible slowness. It is night throughout. Nothing brightens and nothing crosses the frame.