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Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Cool Geo-Video: Stunning Timelapse of Bustling Midtown Manhattan
New York, NY - downtown Manhattan.
Cool Geo-Video: Stunning Timelapse of Bustling Midtown Manhattan
Production company District 7 condenses more than 50,000 frames shot in 100 different locations into a brief, beautiful tour of New York City (2:42)
Produced by: Drew Geraci (District 7 Media)
Full credits to www.Smothsonian.com for bringing this to my attention.
Cool Geo-Video: Stunning Timelapse of Bustling Midtown Manhattan
Production company District 7 condenses more than 50,000 frames shot in 100 different locations into a brief, beautiful tour of New York City (2:42)
Produced by: Drew Geraci (District 7 Media)
Full credits to www.Smothsonian.com for bringing this to my attention.
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Cool Geo-video - Steel Monsters Battle under a Desert Night Sky
Neat video from desert town of Borrego Springs, California. Dragons, Dinosaurs, Giant Scorpions, Wooly Mammoths, and much more created by steel sculptor ricardoabreceda.com
Credits to
BORREGO STARDANCE from Sunchaser Pictures on Vimeo.
BORREGO STARDANCE from Sunchaser Pictures
for his post
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
Geo-Video: The Swiss Alps by Night
Brought to my attention by Holy Kaw! and Vimeo created by Alessandro Della Bella. The site link Helvetia's Dream includes a neat "play by play" of time-lapse points to look for during the fantastic night-time video journey.
A quick "cut & paste" summary:
A quick "cut & paste" summary:
‘Helvetia’s Dream’ takes you on a nighttime journey to some of the most beautiful spots in the Swiss Alps – from Arosa to Zermatt, including the world famous mountains Matterhorn and Eiger.
Please pay special attention to the following scenes:
@0:46 watch the persistent train of a bright meteor above Tijerflue Mountain in Arosa, December 2010, which was visible for about 20 minutes. A slow motion effect is applied for better visibility of the shooting star and its trail of ‘smoke’, which consists of ionized gas left behind as the meteor burns up in the atmosphere.
@1:14 clouds above Lake Geneva steam up the lens.
@1:36 on the very left: Climbers step into the unpredictable Eiger Nordwand.
@1:44 the Milky Way rises above the ‘Donkey’ rock on Pilatus.
@1:58 snowcats nearby cause the lighting of the summit cross on Fronalpstock Mountain. (Snowcat lights usually spoil time-lapse)
@2:21 the wind changes the reflection of Säntis Mountain in the Seealpsee.
@2:35 three settings showing orbits of stars. This is an alternative technique to display the movement of stars by sequentially adding the luminosity of each exposure. The result is basically a long exposure with a large aperture.
@2:49 the waxing new moon, not full moon, setting over Pilatus.
@0:46 watch the persistent train of a bright meteor above Tijerflue Mountain in Arosa, December 2010, which was visible for about 20 minutes. A slow motion effect is applied for better visibility of the shooting star and its trail of ‘smoke’, which consists of ionized gas left behind as the meteor burns up in the atmosphere.
@1:14 clouds above Lake Geneva steam up the lens.
@1:36 on the very left: Climbers step into the unpredictable Eiger Nordwand.
@1:44 the Milky Way rises above the ‘Donkey’ rock on Pilatus.
@1:58 snowcats nearby cause the lighting of the summit cross on Fronalpstock Mountain. (Snowcat lights usually spoil time-lapse)
@2:21 the wind changes the reflection of Säntis Mountain in the Seealpsee.
@2:35 three settings showing orbits of stars. This is an alternative technique to display the movement of stars by sequentially adding the luminosity of each exposure. The result is basically a long exposure with a large aperture.
@2:49 the waxing new moon, not full moon, setting over Pilatus.
For the "making of" information and photo gallery check out the project website helvetiabynight.com.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Mapping Planetary Rotation in a Binary Star System
This link comes from NASA's Image of the Day and shows how the planetary system might look to a visiting spaceship.
A "Cut and Paste" highlight from the site:
Kepler-16b: A Planet with Two Suns
" Explanation: If you stay up long enough, you can watch both suns set. Such might be a common adage from beings floating in the atmosphere of Kepler 16b, a planet recently discovered by the space-based Kepler satellite. The above animated video shows how the planetary system might look to a visiting spaceship. Although multiple star systems are quite common, this is the first known to have a planet. Because our Earth is in the orbital plane of both stars and the planet, each body is seen to eclipse the others at different times, producing noticeable drop offs in the amount of light seen. The frequent eclipses have given Kepler 16b the most accurate mass and radius determination for a planet outside our Solar System. To find a planet like Saturn in an orbit like Venus -- so close to its binary star parents -- was a surprise and will surely become a focus of research."
Full credits:
APOD NASA Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Illustrated Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, T. Pyle; Acknowledgement: djxatlanta
A "Cut and Paste" highlight from the site:
" Explanation: If you stay up long enough, you can watch both suns set. Such might be a common adage from beings floating in the atmosphere of Kepler 16b, a planet recently discovered by the space-based Kepler satellite. The above animated video shows how the planetary system might look to a visiting spaceship. Although multiple star systems are quite common, this is the first known to have a planet. Because our Earth is in the orbital plane of both stars and the planet, each body is seen to eclipse the others at different times, producing noticeable drop offs in the amount of light seen. The frequent eclipses have given Kepler 16b the most accurate mass and radius determination for a planet outside our Solar System. To find a planet like Saturn in an orbit like Venus -- so close to its binary star parents -- was a surprise and will surely become a focus of research."
Full credits:
APOD NASA Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
Illustrated Video Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, T. Pyle; Acknowledgement: djxatlanta
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Got Mail? Mapping the Expansion of the Post Office Network (1700-1900)
Posted this one for my brother-in-law, who keeps the US mail moving "rain or shine" (thank you, Juan Carlos).
I recommend pausing the time series for the War of 1812 and the Civil War in 1862. It helped me gain a geographic perspective of our nation's expansion from its colonial beginnings.
Posted: Visualizing US expansion through post offices. from Derek Watkins on Vimeo.
This is a visualization of US expansion in North America from 1700 to 1900, seen through changes in the spatial distribution of post offices.
Data from the USPS Postmaster Finder, with lat/long coordinates extracted from placenames through correlation with the USGS Geographic Names Information System.
I recommend pausing the time series for the War of 1812 and the Civil War in 1862. It helped me gain a geographic perspective of our nation's expansion from its colonial beginnings.
Posted: Visualizing US expansion through post offices. from Derek Watkins on Vimeo.
This is a visualization of US expansion in North America from 1700 to 1900, seen through changes in the spatial distribution of post offices.
Data from the USPS Postmaster Finder, with lat/long coordinates extracted from placenames through correlation with the USGS Geographic Names Information System.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Mapping the night sky - a stunning time lapse series
These are some absolutely stunning night sky compilations put together by Randy Halverson at DakotaLapse.com After watching every video on his site in "near awe", I just had to post these videos and links.
Milky Way preview from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
These really are so visually stunning, they lead me to rethink the nature of the night sky & why we should always "look up to the heavens" for a different, perhaps more humbling, point of view.
Sub Zero - winter night time-lapse from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
From his site feed:
" ... During the month of May, I shot Milky Way time-lapse in central South Dakota when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind wouldn’t catch the setup and cause camera shake, or blow it over. I used a Stage Zero Dolly on the dolly shots and a “Milapse” mount on the panning ones.
This was all shot at night. If you see stars and it looks like daylight, it is actually moon light. 20+ second exposures make it look like daylight..."
More at the page link to Plains Milk Way
Milky Way preview from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
These really are so visually stunning, they lead me to rethink the nature of the night sky & why we should always "look up to the heavens" for a different, perhaps more humbling, point of view.
Sub Zero - winter night time-lapse from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
From his site feed:
" ... During the month of May, I shot Milky Way time-lapse in central South Dakota when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind wouldn’t catch the setup and cause camera shake, or blow it over. I used a Stage Zero Dolly on the dolly shots and a “Milapse” mount on the panning ones.
This was all shot at night. If you see stars and it looks like daylight, it is actually moon light. 20+ second exposures make it look like daylight..."
More at the page link to Plains Milk Way
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