Microscopic marvels captured on video
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: What could be more wonderful than pictures of microscopic marvels? Brace yourself for some award-winning movies showing those marvels in action.
Microscopic marvels star in movies
What could be more marvelous than seeing microscopic wonders at super-close range? How about watching those wonders at work, through the magic of time-lapse photography? That's the kind of wow factor that Nikon Instruments was going for with their first-ever Small World in Motion …
Lighting up the night: Stunning time-lapse images of fireflies that blaze beautiful patterns in the dark
Japanese photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu captured fireflies' beauty using time-lapse photography to shoot the bugs in the Okayama Prefecture between 2008 and 2011.
A Gorgeous Time-Lapse of Lighting Storms Over Africa From Space
This time-lapse shot from the International Space Station reveals the Milky Way as storms illuminate Africa below. The video is courtesy of the Crew Earth Observations group at NASA Johnson Space Center ...
Time lapse: Yosemite | Bad Astronomy
Apparently I could do nothing but post incredible time lapse videos all the time. Watch this staggeringly beautiful video, "Yosemite", and be in awe. [YES, make it full screen and HD!] The video was made by Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty, and the music? "Outro", by a group called M83. Ha! That’s the name of a spiral galaxy I’ve written about once or twice before. Even thrice . And it’s ...
Glacier time-lapse images reveal 'epochal change'
Nothing is quite as convincing as photographic evidence. And when James Balog looked over his time-lapse images of an Icelandic glacier, everything he thought he knew about climate change .... changed. Now, he wants to record one of Canada's glaciers.
ISS Night Flight in “Real Time”
We’ve featured wonderful time-lapse videos taken from the Space Station many times and each one is amazing to watch, but here’s something a little different: by taking photos at the rate of one per second and assembling them into a time-lapse, we can get a sense of what it’s like to orbit the planet at [...]
Deteriorating condition of bicycle parked in New York City
Time-lapse photography demonstrates the life-expectancy of a bicycle on a New York City street -- about 270 days. Quite frankly, I'm surprised it lasted that long. The demise of the bicycle locked up in the Soho district by the staff at design company Red Peak doesn't start until about 180 days into the experiment when the water bottle disappears. Oddly, the U-lock disappears ...
Hauntingly Beautiful Aurora Video
Time-lapse photographer Christian Mülhauser braved sub-zero temperatures and frozen camera equipment to capture this stunning aurora footage from Norway during the last week of January 2012. Powerful solar storms in January made for some impressive auroral displays… thanks to Christian for capturing them on camera! (...)Read the rest of Hauntingly Beautiful Aurora Video (143 words) [...]