Observatories | South Africa - SAAO 4K

Part one of a series of journeys to the big astronomical observatories of this planet. We visit the great spaces of the Karoo Desert and discover fascinating features of earths history, relicts of human history and cutting edge technology in a very remote region of the earth. Bortle class 1 nightskies with zero light pollution offer an epic view into the nightsky. Filmed and edited by Martin Heck: Filmed for the documentary “Star Stuff“ by Milad Tangshir (@gm