Philosophy
Apropos of Foucault's pendulum and the illusion it produces (namely, that it's the pendulum that rotates, when in fact it's the Earth rotating below it), I came across a video that has just emerged on the interwebs, and which helps with this shift in perspective.
If you've seen any of the previous incredible star-gazing time lapse videos I've posted before, you may have had something of a necker-cube experience: most of the time you experience the universe rotating around us, and every now and then you might experience us doing the rotating. This shift is usually involuntary and tends to be short-lived (at least for me).
To solve that problem, the people who created this video have taken some typical time-lapse footage, but fixed the video on the stars instead of Earth. The result is truly impressive.
Check out all sorts of awesome time lapse videos.
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Philosophy
Earth Rotating Time Lapse
Apropos of Foucault's pendulum and the illusion it produces (namely, that it's the pendulum that rotates, when in fact it's the Earth rotating below it), I came across a video that has just emerged on the interwebs, and which helps with this shift in perspective.If you've seen any of the previous incredible star-gazing time lapse videos I've posted before, you may have had something of a necker-cube experience: most of the time you experience the universe rotating around us, and every now and then you might experience us doing the rotating. This shift is usually involuntary and tends to be short-lived (at least for me).
To solve that problem, the people who created this video have taken some typical time-lapse footage, but fixed the video on the stars instead of Earth. The result is truly impressive.
Check out all sorts of awesome time lapse videos.
.
- Earth Time Lapse From The International Space Station
Over the past few years, we have featured some incredible time lapse photography on this blog, and it truly has been phenomenal. Technology continues to get ever more awesome, and people find more and new creative ways to fill us with awe and inspiration....
- The Two Towers Of Dubai Time Lapse
I am by no means a fan of the materialistic extravagance of places like Dubai, or the fact that its wealth comes from the exploitation of people all over the world and from the depletion and pollution of natural ecosystems everywhere... and when I think...
- Tempest Milky Way Time Lapse
With the semester coming to an end, I'm buried neck-deep in student term papers, final exams and class projects, so I won't have time to go into some rant today... and probably next week too. I need to save all my mental energy to accurately assess...
- Journey Through Canyons Time Lapse
About a year ago I went on a trip through various canyons in the Utah/Arizona area, and while my own feelings about that trip have gotten murky and confused over the past year (due to personal reasons), one thing that can't be denied is the sublime...
- New York - The Sandpit (miniature Time Lapse)
You've seen amazing time lapse videos of China, Paris, San Francisco, the great plains, and even an imaginary and magical city before, so now it's time to give The Big Apple a chance. Of course, one of the truisms about living in NYC is that its...