That is amazing. At about 3:40 it looks as if it is snowing stars.
Living here, in the middle of light pollution, I miss being able to see the stars on a regular basis. When I visit my hometown, I spend at least one night out on the lake stargazing.
When we visited Hawaii, we stayed with a couple that both work up on Mauna Kea(one for Gemini and one for Subaru)...we spent a night up there and it is unbelievable how clear the sky is.
Thanks for sharing this video. What a stunning view.
Florida is tough because we have to deal with the high humidity and haze that comes from living on the gulf coast. To see the Milkyway you have to go to the interior of the state, and even then it's not nearly as clear as the video.
FFl, light pollution travels a very far distance in our atmosphere. It's also not necessarily readily apparent (beyond blocking out the stars). Since the Industrial revolution it's been getting harder and harder to find locations that are relatively free of light pollution. You have to go to sparsely populated areas to get a great view of the Milky Way. The examples I have posted have been in the Desert, the Australian outback, and the following is from the European southern observatory in Chile.
^You can even see a couple dwarf galaxies in this photo.
It also doesn't hurt that they are using professional grade cameras to capture the light.