The Stars of Mercator - time lapse of the night sky above La Palma

Time lapse movie showing the night sky and the scenes before and after an observing night at the Mercator telescope ( www.mercator.ia... ) situated on the island of La Palma among several other astronomical instruments of the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos ( www.iac.es/eno.... ).
Some interesting things to be noticed:
-Geosynchronous satellites visible as "standing still stars" in front of the "rotating background" of real stars, disappearing one-by-one starting from the bottom left corner as entering Earth's shadow at 01:15 (only in 1080p size).
-Full lunar halo at 01:33 - see www.atoptics.co... .
-Slightly visible zodiacal light (see en.wikipedia.or... ) at 01:04 (it is only slightly visible because of the strong moonlight, which lights up several night-time scenes later too).
-Frequently seen other telescopes are the robotic Liverpool telescope ( www.iac.es/eno.... ) and the Isac Newton Telescope ( www.iac.es/eno.... ).
-Venus (it is a planet indeed, but looks like a very bright star) can be seen setting above the horizon at 00:48 and 01:00 (Mercury is also visible to the lower right at 01:02).
-Several satellites, but also some meteors can be seen (e.g., at 02:35).
-Shadow cast by the mountain at sunrise can be seen on the clouds at 03:43.
-The last morning dawn scene was shot from the Roque de los Muchachos, which is the highest point of La Palma, 2423 m ASL.
Created from ~5000 individual photographs taken with a Canon EOS 7D + a Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens (usually set at 15 mm and wide open for the night-time shots). Original cuts were rendered in Photoshop CS4, then the movie was cut together in iMovie (this degraded the final quality slightly during compression).
Music: Utopia by Goldfrapp, © 2010 Mute Records Ltd.
Inspired by Daniel López ( www.tierrayestr... ).

[@luckykramer1758]

Wow.. this is one of the best timelapse videos ive ever seen

[@fernandokageyama2010]

wonderful work!
It's hard to believe 15-85mm did it!
Very impressive!

[@MrHakkitakki]

Nice vid Peter! Have nice memories of that place :)

[@soldemedianoche62]

¡¡Precioso!!

[@alliant]

ahhh mind boggled

[@MAngelo90]

precioso!

[@Joez86]

Super!!!!!!!!

[@700gsteak]

Fantastic video. Hey do you reckon pairing the 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM with a 550d would not do the lens justice? the 550d is all I can afford at the moment.

[@dustinmoser6995]

Very cool. What were some of the intervals and shutter speeds you were using for the night sky/shadows on the observatory?

[@Nyaudioguy]

Do I win something for being the 5 thousandth view? Hmmm, didn't think so. Great video though and love the music.