Check out the amazing artwork and artist resources of Scott Eaton (including a time-lapse of Scott sculpting the piece below).

Also, check out his Bodies in Motion project, a wonderful resource for animators.

This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide.
Spain´s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the world´s best observatories.