16 Coolest Time-lapse Videos of All Time

August 31, 2009 by uphaa

Time-lapse photography – one of the most fascinating and popular effects in cinematography can be created with your camcorder, your computer and some tips.

Is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing.

The technique has been used to photograph plants growing and flowers opening, crowds, traffic, and even television.

Amazing Northern Lights Time Lapse

The Northern Lights are one of nature’s most spectacular visual phenomena, and in this time lapse video they provide a breathtaking display of light, shape, and color over the course of a single night in Norway.

Panama Canal Cool Time Lapse Footage

Pretty relaxing to watch

Reno Balloon Race 2006

One hundred six balloons in a mass ascension at the Reno Balloon Race. Can you see where the cow jumped over the moon? This was shot with a Canon S3 using GBTimelapse and a Canon Pro1 running in continuous mode.

Simi Valley Firestorm

A unique look at nature’s fury. Shot with 3 cameras over a period of 28 hours during September 28-29th 2005.This
video shows an unique look at the Simi Valley fire which consumed 25,000 acres. Look for Mars, Orion & the Moon rising in the distance.

Moving a House – The Entire Structure

House move in Providence, RI by Gary Sylvester’s Building Movers

Devouring an Airplane in 4 1/2 hours

This demolition of the Boeing 720B experimental aircraft was completed on June 21, 2008. The actual demolition process lasted about 4 1/2 hours with the subsequent removal of the chomped up metal/engines and the clean-up being completed the next day.

Wind Turbine Construction Video

Watch our stunning new time-lapse video of the construction of 3 wind turbines at Bristol Port. The turbines will produce over 15 million units of new green electricity annually, enough to save around 13,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year for the next 30 years!

Video Shows Every Flight on Earth in 72 Seconds

Aspiring scientists from the Zurich School of Applied Sciences have built a video simulation that displays the flight path of every commercial flight in the world over a 24-hour period. There isn’t much of an application for it, but it sure is cool to look at.

Stars, moving Moonbow and rainbow over Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile

Night timelapse movie showing successively a Moonbow – “rainbow” from Moon light – and a classical rainbow and their motion with time as Moon and Sun change their position in the sky. Video made in Torres del Paine national park, Patagonia, Chile. Time lapse by Stéphane Guisard

9 Months Old baby causing chaos in the dinning room

That’s a so called hyper active baby

Time Lapse Video of Guy Driving Across the Country

Awesome Time Lapse Video of Guy Driving Across the Country.
This is a music video by director Michel Gondry.

London to Brighton in two minutes

London – Brighton from the cab of a train. A work in progress. A better quality version here

Gemini Observatory

Here is a time-lapse movie of the Gemini North observatory during a Laser Guide Star (LGS) run, taken from the catwalk around the outside of the UH 2.2 meter telescope.