Ants + Time-Lapse

Embracing Imperfection

Brilliant Noise from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

"Brilliant Noise takes us into the data vaults of solar astronomy. After sifting through hundreds of thousands of computer files, made accessible via open access archives, Semiconductor have brought together some of the sun's finest unseen moments. These images have been kept in their most raw form, revealing the energetic particles and solar wind as a rain of white noise. This grainy black and white quality is routinely cleaned up by NASA, hiding the processes and mechanics in action behind the capturing procedure. Most of the imagery has been collected as single snapshots containing additional information, by satellites orbiting the Earth. They are then reorganised into their spectral groups to create time-lapse sequences. The soundtrack highlights the hidden forces at play upon the solar surface, by directly translating areas of intensity within the image brightness into layers of audio manipulation and radio frequencies."


Black Rain from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

"Black Rain is sourced from images collected by the twin satellite, solar mission, STEREO. Here we see the HI (Heliospheric Imager) visual data as it tracks interplanetary space for solar wind and CME's (coronal mass ejections) heading towards Earth. Data courtesy of courtesy of the Heliospheric Imager on the NASA STEREO mission. Working with STEREO scientists, Semiconductor collected all the HI image data to date, revealing the journey of the satellites from their initial orientation, to their current tracing of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Solar wind, CME's, passing planets and comets orbiting the sun can be seen as background stars and the milky way pass by. As in Semiconductors previous work 'Brilliant Noise' which looked into the sun, they work with raw scientific satellite data which has not yet been cleaned and processed for public consumption. By embracing the artefacts, calibration and phenomena of the capturing process we are reminded of the presence of the human observer who endeavors to extend our perceptions and knowledge through technological innovation."

Time Lapse Videos: A Collection

Demolition.



35 years of Shinjuku construction: 1969 to 2004 in 10 seconds.

via pink tentacle's ten Tokyo time-lapse trips



Travel through the Panama Canal in under two minutes.



1 week art works



Antarctica: a year on ice



Northern Lights



Magic Mushrooms



Reno Balloon Race



24 hours in the death of Lansdowne Road Stadium



Gulf Fritillary butterfly's life cycle



Old Faithful Eruption



Pig Decomposition



Thunderstorm development (there is a sublime phase starting at 17 seconds)



More painting



Gravity wave... never heard of this. must investigate.



Port Activity



Moving Houses
MORE TO COME

Bat and Moth Aerobatics

From the website:

"This photograph was taken using time lapse photograph. The large white streak is the path of the bat, and the smallerdotted streak is the path of the moth. This photograph was taken at night when bats feed. When the high pitched sound of a bat is sensed, the moth will begin to fly in loops and swirls in an attempt to avoid being eaten. The bat used sonar to determine the exact location of the moth as it flies. In this particular instance, it appears that the moth was in fact caught and eaten by the bat."

In other news: Moths drink the tears of sleeping birds.

Time Lapse Goodness

shared by tampen

Tlapse is the youtube account name of a company promoting their time-lapse video technology. Notable examples of their creations include rotting pumpkins, bananas and watermelons. But my favourite by far is this gemm of a video.

via mefi

A Year on Ice / Dust Devils / Tokyo Nuclear Attack

shared by gilderking

It is with great pleasure that I offer you these three videos for your viewing er, pleasure?

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Time-lapse video filmed in Antarctica, in and around McMurdo Station and Scott Base. (Via POAKS)

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If that made you feel a bit too chilly, warm up with this video of dust devils filmed on El Mirage Dry Lake in Southern California. (Via MoD)

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What? Too hot now? Not as hot as this lot:

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This video was pieced together using footage from a 1984 NHK documentary about nuclear war, which showed a high-tech (at the time) Godzillaesque simulation of what would happen to Tokyo if nuked by an 8-megaton bomb. The soundtrack is Sun Ra's "Nuclear War" (1982) as performed by Yo La Tengo (2002). (Via Pink Tentacle)