Out of this world

The Milky Way, the Northern Lights and raging night storms illuminate the night sky in America's Midwest in this stunning time-lapse video captured by South Dakota photographer and videographer Randy Halverson.
銀河，北極光，風(fēng)暴肆虐，在這段由南達科他州攝影師蘭迪·霍爾沃森延時拍攝的錄像中，是它們點亮了美國中西部的夜空。

Randy, from Kennebec, South Dakota, started up a stock footage company selling pictures of storms in the 1990s but decided to started shooting timelapse videos four years ago.The dedicated videographer battled with cloudy weather conditions to achieve the amazing footage of the dramatic Midwestern night sky.
蘭迪來自南達科他州的肯納貝克。他在二十世紀九十年代創(chuàng)立了一家出售風(fēng)暴照片的庫存資料公司，卻在四年前決定投身于延時攝影之中。這位兢兢業(yè)業(yè)的攝影師和云層密布的天氣斗智斗勇，最終拍攝出了中西部無與倫比的美妙夜空。

Randy's impressive time-lapse shots capture the sky over America's Midwest in all its glory
蘭迪的延遲攝影令人對美國中西部天宇的光芒印象深刻

Purple haze

A satellite streaks across the night sky, which is bathed in the ethereal glow of the Northern Lights
衛(wèi)星劃過夜空，沐浴在北極光的飄渺的光芒之中

Nature's light show

An ever-changing canopy of clouds and constellations provides an ethereal backdrop to otherwise ordinary scenes of fields and farms
天穹變幻莫測，斗轉(zhuǎn)星移，呈現(xiàn)出與田野、農(nóng)場和平靜的湖水截然不同的景象。

Branching out

Halverson used to photograph storms but decided to started shooting timelapse videos four years ago
霍爾沃森曾經(jīng)專職拍攝風(fēng)暴照片，四年前轉(zhuǎn)行進行延遲攝影。

Remote

Halverson captured the footage in some of the most isolated regions of the States, including South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah
霍爾沃森在美國一些最為人煙稀少的州進行拍攝，包括南達科他州、懷俄明州和猶他州。

Sunrise

The photographer spent 40 nights across eight-months using a wide-angle lens and long exposures to obtain the crystal-clear footage
歷時八個月，四十多個夜晚，他運用廣角鏡頭和長曝光來獲得如水晶版璀璨澄澈的畫面。

Shock and awe

Halverson put his experience of shooting storms to good use, capturing this impressive shot of lightning in the night sky
霍爾沃森很好地運用了拍攝風(fēng)暴的經(jīng)驗，抓住了夜空中閃電的一擊。

Seeing things with a new eye

Randy's images bring a whole new dimension to everyday landscapes
蘭迪的照片給平常的景觀注入了新的生命。

Back to nature

The photographer uses a DSLR camera on a 6ft metal rail, that is set up to move the camera smoothly in time with the sky
蘭迪采用的是單眼數(shù)位相機，架在6英尺的金屬加上，使相機能與天空一樣平滑移動。

Crystal-clear

The dedicated videographer battled with all weather conditions to achieve the amazing footage of the dramatic Midwestern night sky.
這位敬業(yè)的攝像師與所有惡劣的天氣狀況搏斗，最終拍攝出夢幻的中西部夜空。

Red sky at night

Randy said there were many times when he planned to shoot the Milky Way or Aurora, and the clouds would roll in
蘭迪說，很多次他拍攝銀河或者極光的打算都被云層干擾了。

A new direction

Randy used to photograph storms but decided to opt for a more serene subject matter four years ago
蘭迪在四年前決定從拍攝風(fēng)暴轉(zhuǎn)行拍攝更為安詳?shù)木坝^。

Light in darkness

Halverson takes hundreds of still photos over several hours and then ‘stitches’ them together to create amazing sequences
霍爾沃森幾小時拍攝了數(shù)百張靜態(tài)，之后將它們合在一起連成美妙的動態(tài)影片。

Perfect timing

Randy said there were many times when it was difficult for him to get the shot he wanted but here he captures the night sky in all its glory
蘭迪說，有時很難想拍到他要的鏡頭，不過在這里他可以捕捉到最美妙的天空。

Gradation

At a normal rate you don’t notice how the Earth is rotating and it looks like the stars are moving across the sky'
常規(guī)快門速度下，人們很難注意到地球是怎么轉(zhuǎn)動的，星辰又是如何劃過夜空。

New horizons

The 47-year-old is a farmer by day but spent 40 nights across eight-months capturing the stunning images
白天,47歲的蘭迪只是個農(nóng)場主，晚上他卻歷時八個月，花了四十多個夜晚捕捉這樣絕美的畫面。