Astronomy Picture of the Day for Mar 28 is a time-lapse video entitled The Aurora, taken in Norway. The not-yet-dark sequence at 1:30, with the aurora lighting up the clouds, is way cool.
Bonus timelapse — Stunning winter sky timelapse video: Sub Zero
Both have an effect of the camera slowly translating and their linked pages mention some sort of special dolly used for the effects.
You can see the dolly at 53 seconds in the Dakota video. He must have had two cameras set up (on such a glorious night who could blame him). It’s by the door of the shack and the camera is moving away from door frame – you can notice the red reflected glow of the other cameras optics.