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Death Valley in California is not where you usually expect to find an aurora. Those are usually found way more to the north.

However team Starchasers came across a rare phenomena that caused an Aurora to appear as south as Death Valley, CA while they were shooting March 16th - 18th 2013.

Apparently on March 17, 2013 a rare Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field causing a magnificent and powerful aurora.

Watch closely at 1:36 and 2:22 for the appearance of the corona. Click to continue ›

Photographer Ole C. Salomonsen create a yearly time lapse compilation of the Aurora Borealis.

So far his clips are amazing and Polar Spirits from this year is no different.

Here is how Ole describes his project:

"In the film I have tried to show the slower majestic dancing lights,
as well as the more faster, dramatic and abstract shows, and finally the auroras in combination with city lights and urban elements.

The video is shot using stills and assembled together for best
possible resolution and dynamic range. In this video however, for the first time, I have also chosen to include some real-time video footage. This is to better show how furiously fast and beautiful the polar spirits can dance! The two sequences which are shot in real-time (in the middle of the video) could never have been recreated using still photos, regardless what camera you are using."#

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This beautiful timelapse of New Zealand by Bevan Percival was entirely taken on its Northern island and features some of the most breath taking shots I've seen to date.

It was shot over a period of six months with a Canon 5DmkII, various lenses and a Dynamic Perception 6' Stage Zero motorized dolly.

Seeing the clip, I am not one bit surprised that Percival's description is all inspiration and zero tech-talk: Click to continue ›

Time-Lapse | Earth is a time lapse edited by Bruce W. Berry Jr, and it is one of the most beautiful timelapse sequences I have ever seen.

Here is the thing though, Bruce did not take a single shot to create this movie, nor are they digitally rendered. It was all done with pictures shot by the ISS team and made available for public use by NASA (Here, here and here).

I am placing the movie (and some info) after the jump to make sure you sit back, go full screen and turn up the audio before you continue. Click to continue ›

Remember those time lapse movies that show a harbor or a sea port via a tilt shift lens and they look like a set of Playmobil sets.

This time lapse made by the Discovery Channel beats them all. It shows the assembly stage of Maersk Line's very first Triple-E vessel. While it is a huge ship, the 3-month, 50,000 photos time lapse makes the assembly look like a child play. Click to continue ›

Photographer Toby Lockerbie sets a side some "passion time" each year for a personal project to help him recharge his creative batteries. After a year of pro shooting, it helps him to recoup some of the waning love of the craft. In 2012 he decided to hunt the Aurora lights at northern Norway.

While the resulting movie is heart taking, I find his back story even more interesting. It turns out it is not easy to shoot the Northern lights. Click to continue ›

If I had to divide the world into two equal parts, it would not be men vs. women. It would also not be Canon vs. Nikon. The most accurate division would probably be between the people that say that Velcro rules and those who say that Gaff tape rules. (we have featured them both plenty on the blog).

Here is a quick and not so dirty idea from Simon Anderson that you will probably find useful if you are doing extended timelapse photography with an intervalometer.

This thing is always dangling without a proper place to put it, so Simon placed a stretch of Velcro on the intervalometer and another stretch on the tripod. Now it has a good place to stay till the shooting is done.

I guess Simon is a Velcro person.

[Cable Release Placement | A Big World Through A Small Lens] Click to continue ›

While traveling to Namibia is long and expensive it pays off in glorious nightscapes. The dry air and atmosphere conditions in Namibia earned it one of the dark sky reserve in 2012.

So it is not surprising that Namibia can produce some of the most beautiful night-time time lapses.

Namibian Nights is the work of Marsel van Oosten - a photographer and a tour guide from Amsterdam. It showcase some of the most popular sites in Namibia, like the quiver trees and the misty trees in Deadvlei. Click to continue ›

Sometimes the best timelapse movies are not time lapse at all. This amazing moon rising footage was taken by photographer Mark Gee.

What seems to be a part of the ET bicycle sequence is really a shot of the moon taken with a Canon ID MkIV stacked with a 500mm f/4L lens and a 2x extender, giving the equivalent focal length of 1300mm. (this is about $14,429 worth of gear). The hill in the shot is 2.1km from the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand, and is practically across the other side of the city. Click to continue ›

This blog has seen its share of time lapse movies. But this time lapse caught us completely unprepared.

Dustin Farrell skipped his work here and there as VP/DP at Crew West to shoot a collection of time lapse videos all over the world. With trips to the entire desert southwest and two trips to Iceland (summer and winter) he really captured some amazing footage.

As far as gear goes, Dustin used a Canon 5D Mk3 for camera (check 2:34 for some 3200ISO porn), Dynamic Perception timelapse rails, and a motorized TB3 pan/tilt head from eMotimo.

Kinda makes me feel bad about the things that I do when I skip job. Click to continue ›