Mount St. Helens’s famous eruption in 1980 was the deadliest and costliest volcanic event in the history of the United States. In 2004, a new dome-building eruption began that lasted 4 years, and a camera was pointed at the volcano to capture the growth as a timelapse.
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A Denmark-based photographer has released his final short film from the series “Seasons of Denmark,” which chronicles his home country’s changing seasons through cinematic timelapses that show the beauty of nature as it comes alive in spring. petapixel.com »
2021-08-11 18:16
Photographer Jens Heidler recorded a 10-day timelapse of a cracked egg in macro and captured the various stages of its drying and crystalization. What results is are some beautiful and unexpected patterns. petapixel.com »
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In January 2015, a 360-degree HD webcam was installed on top of the iconic Space Needle in Seattle. Ricardo Martin Brualla amassed still frames over the past 3 years and created this beautiful 4-minute time-lapse video showing how much Seattle has been developed over this period of time. Brualla is a Google researcher whose interests […] petapixel.com »
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