Top 10 Time-Lapse Videos Show Nature at Work

[pokerfan]

From wiredscience:

Top 10 Time-Lapse Videos Show Nature at Work
By Aaron Rowe
March 22, 2009

Apple_2 The world is filled with sluggish spectacles. Watching them would be painful were it not for time-lapse photography, which can make those long stories short and remarkably entertaining.

When a phenomenon happens very slowly, viewing accelerated footage helps scientists take a step back and see the big picture: At higher speeds, things that we regard as fixed take motion — even the dullest scenes spring to life.

Here are Wired Science's picks of the best time-lapse videos of nature at work.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/tenlapse.html

[msongs]

1. interesting thanks. luv the thunderstorm, they are gorgeous at night nt

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Wow, those were amazing

real works of art. Especially liked the butterflies, though the one titled "Mould" was great too.

[The River]

3. Thanks For The Link

Amazing stuff to be sure.
Link at bottom of page led to
#1 wildlife video of 3 way battle between
a pride of lions, a crocodile and a herd of Cape Buffalo
all fighting for possession of a baby Cape Buffalo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM&feature=player_embedded

Never ever under any circumstance mess with a Cape Buffalo!

[pokerfan]

6. Battle at Kruger

I remember posting that here years ago. Amazing footage, though I felt kinda bad for the poor lions that had to go hungry.

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Still it was amazing when the buffalo returned en masse with the big bulls leading the way.

[BlueJazz]

4. Interesting. Thanks for Posting!

[Ptah]

5. Those are fascinating. Thanks for the link.

The University of Arizona Computer Science Dept.
has a collection of time lapse videos from their camera,
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/
aimed at the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson.

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/vault/

Here's one of my favorites, just a minute and 20 seconds.

19-Jun-2003 The Aspen Fire burns Summerhaven on Mount Lemmon {16M mpeg}:
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/vault/20030619L.mpg

[pokerfan]

7. Cool, thanks

In the opposite direction, we have high-speed photography. Which reminds that a new season of Time Warp is starting in a couple of weeks:

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/time-warp/time-warp.html