Video: Tempest Milky Way - A Stunning Time-lapse Video

The night sky is, once again, making us swoon a little. This time, it's from our own hemisphere.

Not too long ago we were dazzled by the Milky Way, as shot from Australia's Southern Ocean Coast. Now we're oohing and aahing over stunning night sky shots from South Dakota.

Tempest Milky Way from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

Photographer Randy Halverston shot the time-lapse video of the Milky Way from June to August of this year, capturing the night sky as storms rolled in.

He shared about the experience on Vimeo.

"One of the challenges in making this video, was trying to get good storm and star shots. The opportunity doesn't come along very often, the storm has to be moving the right speed and the lightning can overexpose the long exposures. I had several opportunities this summer to get storm and star shots. In one instance, within a minute of picking up the camera and dolly, 70mph winds hit. One storm was perfect, it came straight towards the setup, then died right before it reached it."

Watch for a whitetail deer at 1:57 and a meteor, reflected in the lake, at 3:24.

Want to see more? An extended cut is available for download at Halverston's site.

Why I Won’t Post that Photo of Steve Jobs

There is a photo floating around the Internet of Steve Jobs looking very ill. It's shocking. You won't find it here. I'm not posting it. Instead, I'm posting a picture of myself that was also snapped unexpectedly. See above.

This isn't about journalism or ethics or taste. People have violated those precepts before to bring you a story, and they'd do it again. But this time it just feels gross.

And have you been reading That Media Hut this week? It's been soooo good. Great reaction to news. Funny stories. I have to read this shit for a living, and I've been grinning from ear to ear, laughing out loud multiple times a day. It feels good to make something that makes you feel good. This photo doesn't make me feel good.

I'm being selfish.

Thing is, this photograph is news. 100-percent; that's why it's all over the Internet. Steve Jobs looks bad, and investors will likely take that into account when deciding what to do with their stocks. Industry analysts will write reports. You probably want to see the picture. You're probably going to go Google it right now. Let me save you the trouble: It's on TMZ.

But, like I said, you're not gonna find it here. You have other things to read about. There's a hurricane coming, and many you have to start freaking out about it. There are $100 HP Touchpads out there somewhere. Go hack one.

And there's a new iPhone somewhere in the world; its photos want to be leaked. To us. Please go find it.

Have a great weekend.
Andrew

PS,

ATTENTION READERS

Please do not post the photo in the comments. I will ban you.

Why Comic Sans Is So Darn Funny, Scientifically Speaking

If there's one thing every last one of us can agree on, it's that there's no text more fun-loving that Comic Sans. And if you don't believe me, maybe science will sort you out. Well, The Onion science, anyway.

Between the video below and the now-legendary McSweeney's monologue, I may actually be getting to a point where I'm enjoying it Comic Sans unironically:

New Study Explains Why Comic Sans Font So Hilarious (Season 1: Ep 8 on IFC)

[The Onion]