It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving, so let’s ease into the week with something gorgeous to get us through Thursday.

Goldpaint Photography created an incredible time-lapse video of the skies over Castle Lake in California and Crater Lake National park in Oregon. Aside from the whorls of stars, you can see iridescent auroras, the Geminid meteor shower, and a Milky Way we can never hope to view with such clarity within the confines of a city.

Brad Goldpaint, who created the video, wrote this about it on his page, “This time-lapse video is my visual representation of how the night sky and landscapes co-exist within a world of contradictions. I hope this connection between heaven and earth inspires you to discover and create your own opportunities, to reach your rightful place within two worlds.”