This Archive of motion picture film has been an on-going project of Simon Carroll’s for over 20 years. It specialises in 35mm timelapse photography of the wilds by the light of star, moon and lightning storm activity.

Pictures from this Archive have appeared in many feature films and television documentaries. Awards for cinematography include a gold medal at the New York festivals – 1995, an AFI Award (Australian Film Institute) – 1997, an Emmy Award – 2002, and a BAFTA.

An average of one hour of new footage per year is added to the Archive. Filming continues at diverse locations around the world.

Time-coded viewing materials are available upon email request from Simon Carroll.

Film credits include:

  • What Dreams May Come
  • The Matrix
  • Scary Movie 2
  • The Acid House Trilogy
  • The Man Who Sued God
  • Travellers & Magicians
  • Aquamarine
  • Two Hands
  • The Meerkats
  • Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
  • Walking With Dinosaurs 3D
  • Deep Blue 
  • Earth

Comet footage available:

  • Comet Halley – 1986
  • Comet Hyakutake – 1996
  • Comet Hale-Bopp – 1997
  • Comet McNaught – 2007
  • Comet Lovejoy – 2011
  • Comet Lemon – 2013
  • Comet Pan-Starrs – 2013

TV documentary series credits include:

  • Seven Ages Of Britain
  • Raging Planet Series I & II
  • Great Britons: Isaac Newton
  • Stephen Hawking’s Universe
  • Engineering The Universe
  • The Story of Science
  • David Attenborough’s First Life
  • Mankind: The Story Of All Of Us
  • David Attenborough’s Africa
  • Wonders of Weather
  • Earth Story
  • Music of the 20th Century
  • The Planets
  • Walking With Dinosaurs
  • Wild Indonesia
  • Walking With Cavemen
  • The Universe 2000
  • Origins
  • Blue Planet
  • Life of Mammals
  • Planet Earth

Astronomy Observatories & Telescopes:

  • Keck 1&2 – Mauna Kea, Hawaii
  • VLT – Paranal, Chile
  • ESO – La Silla, Chile
  • Lovell Telescope – Joddrell Bank, England
  • Mullard Observatory – Cambridge, England
  • Parkes Radio Telscope – Australia
  • Australia Telescope – Narrabri, Australia
  • Anglo Australian Observatory – Siding Springs, Australia
  • Deep Space Network – Tidbinbilla, Australia
  • Sloane Telescope – Apache Point, USA
  • Isaac Newton Telescope – La Palma, Canary Islands
  • VLA – New Mexico, USA
  • Mt Palomar – San Diego, California
  • Lick Observatory – San Jose, California
  • Griffith Observatory – Los Angeles, California

Event credits include:

  • Eagles ‘Long Road Out of Eden’ World Tour
  • Bon Jovi ‘Lost Highway’ World Tour