Time Lapse

Time lapse opens up a a whole new way to look at the world and can be a great teaching tool. Here's a semi-random collection of some really good time lapse videos.

TL: "Awake" Northern Lights [Alexis Coram]: An amazing video of one of earth's most awe-inspiring phenomena. A must see video.
3 mins

The time lapse made me want to see the Northern Lights in real time. Alexis has a video of that too - also very cool. Click here or on the photo below.

VIDEO: Real time Aurora Borealis

Supercells, Thunderstorm & Tornado Time Lapse Compilation: Mesmorizing. The time lapse of the T-storms is particularly striking.
5 mins

Sand Dune Migration Time Lapse: Mesmerizing to see dunes move like this in the time lapse sections. The meat of this video starts at 2:30. The low resolution detracts from it a bit, but this video is still pretty awesome.
6 mins

TL: Foucault Pendulum [Science Center of Iowa]: Good video of a Foucault Pendulum over 24 hrs.
50 sec

A Year of Sunrises: This dude took a sunrise photo every day for a year and strung them together. Pretty amazing project and a great tool for teaching sunrise locations.
23 secs

And here's a longer one he did consisting of almost 6 YEARS of sunrises. Man, this guy is dedicated.

24hr Time Lapse of Sun's Motion in Antarctica: Well-done video from filmmaker Anthony Powell, who directed "Antartica: A Year on Ice". It's interesting to note that almost everything about the sun's motion is opposite what it would be in the northern hemisphere - it moves right-to-left (though still east-to-west) and is due north at noon and due south at midnight.
2 mins

Solar Eclipse Time Lapse -Australia 2012: The fact that you can see the sweeping shadow cast by the moon blows my mind. Wow! A must watch video.
1 min

Lunar Eclipse Time Lapse: Compressing 4 hours into 2 minutes, this video is high quality and very cool.
2 mins

Here's a different lunar eclipse (though not as good) on YouTube if Vimeo is blocked by your school as it is in mine (grrrr...)

Solar Eclipse 2012 - Australia: This has high quality production and a lot to like. But I don't like the switch in rate of time lapse around the time of totality. Still very good though.
1 min

Fundy Tides: Decent voice-over accompanies 9 quality time lapses of the tides located in the Bay of Fundy.
3 mins 20 secs

Tides - Halls Harbour Times Lapse #1: Great time lapse video showing the dramatic Bay of Fundy tides. Particularly useful when paired with its "sister" video (#2)
30 secs

And here's a real-time webcam of this same dock.

Spring Tides - Halls Harbour Time Lapse #2: Compare the water level at high tide during this spring tide with the other Halls Harbour video - it's about a 6 foot difference! Man, I love these 2 videos.
30 secs

Flooding Time Lapse [Illinois River 2013]: Time lapse of a whopping 11 days, showing the river rising and then subsiding. Not the best visual vantage point, but still cool.
3 mins

Capillary Action Time Lapse [Gazdonian Productions]: Capillary action definitely looks pretty cool in time lapse.
1 min 25 sec

I also have a version that is just the raw footage without commentary for presenting NGSS phenomena.

Volcanic Eruption Time Lapse of Eyjallajo Eruption 2010: Time lapse offers a cool perspective on volcanic eruptions. Love the name of this volcano. The Icelandic language is awesome...
30 secs

Sun's Shadow Time Lapse [MisterGazda]: Shadow length and direction is notoriously challenging for students to get. This is a GP time lapse video I filmed in my driveway over 7 hours one summer afternoon.
1 min 20 sec

Surface Area and Evaporation of Water [MisterGazda]: A basic concept but the time lapse really makes in noticeable
2 min 09 sec

Halite Dissolving Time Lapse [Gazdonian Productions]: Straight forward but cool to see.
1 min 24 sec

Glacier Time Lapse (various) [Chasing Ice Documentary]: Some great time lapses in this along with some real-time footage of ice calving. Footage compiled from the documentary Chasing Ice. Students really think this is cool.
5 min 06 sec

One Year Time Lapse of Glacial Retreat in Chile [djxatlanta]: Great time lapse showing glacial movement.
1 min 03 sec

Glacier Time Lapse, Alaska 2004: Very good time lapse showing glacial movement (the link skips the first 2 mins of the video and takes you right to the time lapse). Audio: I like Tom Petty as much as the next guy but the music is distracting on this.
30 sec

Time Lapse of May 2018 Hawaii Lava Flow [Live Storms Media]:
34 sec

Biology

Vine Growing Time Lapse [ultraguitarist]: Seeing the (annoying) wild vines growing on my fence lead me to search out this video. I've always wondered how they did that...Very cool.
42 sec