These timelapse videos make New York snow squall look like the apocalypse
Dec 19, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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New York City was hit yesterday with the first snow squall this season and social networks were quickly flooded with photos and videos. And while the phenomenon looks pretty dramatic in real-time, timelapse videos make it look like an apocalypse!
Snow squalls are “quick intense bursts of snow accompanied by strong gusty winds,” as National Weather Service describes them. They are short-lived and not dangerous, except that they reduce visibility so you need to be extra careful when driving.
Many Twitter users have shared photos and videos of yesterday’s snow squall. But timelapse videos are definitely the most awe-inspiring. Here are a few of them:
Wow! Check out this time lapse of the #SnowSquall moving over Manhattan. Crazy cool view from the top of One World Trade Center. pic.twitter.com/K7kxjcA0Zt
— David Jones (@DavidJonesTV) December 18, 2019
I managed to catch a quick time lapse of the whiteout in NYC just now. You can see the Trade center for at least one second before the storm comes in. 🤯 #SnowSquall #whiteout #NYC pic.twitter.com/6hoZT8a6Cw
— Patrick Alba (@patrickthealba) December 18, 2019
The #snowsquall blowing in, as seen from @ArchRecord offices on the 60th floor of the @EmpireStateBldg pic.twitter.com/bgUdAwdwDZ
— Miriam Sitz (@miriamsitz) December 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/dpanagoulias/status/1207423059315101696
https://twitter.com/sebasribas/status/1207410950803984385
The snow squall is very real 🤯 #SnowSquall #NewYorkCity pic.twitter.com/JgTJI59T7L
— kelsey donlon (@itskelseydonlon) December 18, 2019
In these timelapse videos, the snow squall looks downright terrifying. But fortunately, the only danger of this phenomenon is reduced visibility. So, I hope that you arrived home safe and sound if this caught you while driving.
If you’d like to check out more impressive timelapse videos of weather phenomena, check out this link, this one, and also this one.
[via Fast Company; image credits: Nick_H on Pixabay]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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To the person who shot #5, why don’t they shoot in landscape? In their entire lives have they never seen a TV or been to a movie? Shoot in landscape! I see this all the time and the sky filling 2/3rd’s of the video is so informing.