The Best Time Lapse Video of the Boxing Day Blizzard Amazing Time Lapse Video of Snopocalypse 2010

Here's another example of how a simple idea, well executed, can capture the essence of a complex event. Photographer Michael Black created this wonderful illustration of the power of the Boxing Day blizzard still blanketing the Northeast a day later, and he did it in his suburban New Jersey backyard with a static camera on a tripod.

 

It's one photo every five minutes, or 20 hours of snow fury condensed into 40 gentle seconds. Watch what he has to go through to keep the clock visible.

 

Via Business Insider