TIME LAPSES                                               

Each one of these time lapses is made out of a sequence of pictures all taken from a same location.
It is pretty astonishing ! Enjoy them ... Click on a date or a title to reach a time lapse.
Joël

Other time lapses coming this year: A day in Paris ... and maybe more !

 8th June 2012 - Clouds and stars close to the Tamarin, Maurice
This is the second time lapse I have realized in the southern hemisphere. The maurician sky is incredibly clear and pure, without any pollution !
The Milky Way is clearly visible as it is rotating here, and two layers of clouds are passing towards two different directions. Last, the Morne can be seen, in the background at the right of the Tamarin.
           

21st August 2011 - The Big Bear passes behind the Dent de Crolles close to Grenoble, France
This time lapse is a close-up of the two other ones: the focus is made toward where the Big Bear seems to set ("seems", since it never does in France !) behind the Dent de Crolles.
Mizar, Alcor and all their neighbours make their path behind this big rock during the night, sometimes being crossed by planes, satellites or shining stars !
           

20th August 2011 - Stars turning around the Dent de Crolles close to Grenoble, France
This animation is similar to the one just below: the difference is that the focal depth is shorter and that the Moon is rising later ...
           

19th August 2011 - Stars turning around the Dent de Crolles close to Grenoble, France
During a weekend up in the moutains, at the feet of the Dent de Crolles, I thought it was the right time to test a time lapse with plenty of stars !
Luckily the weather has been perfect: not any cloud, no disturbing lights, a pure sky, and although the Moon was rising rather early, this animation is really interesting ...
           

23rd July 2011 - Clouds, stars and the Milky Way turning in the sky close to La Rochelle, France
After the wide angle night time lapse just below, here comes the fisheye night time lapse ! And this is a real improvement compared to the former time lapses ...
After nice clouds at sunset, the second part shows stars and the Milky Way turning above our heads while the Moon is rising ... Exceptional !!
           

19th July 2011 - Clouds and some stars going above close to La Rochelle, France
A nice first time lapse with my brand new Nikon D90 ... The remote and automatic controller Phottix helps a lot doing such a pretty thing.
Mostly beautiful clouds passing by quickly, and at a moment stars can be seen ! This is a good first attemp to catch the night lights and the beauty of the Milky Way ...
       

18th April 2010 - Ants and dandelions in the garden close to Paris, France
An interesting time lapse showing a dandelion opening and plenty of ants passing by ...
       

14th May 2008 - The Batok, the Bromo and the Semeru close to Cemoro Lawang in Java, Indonesia
I just stood up at 4 am that morning and went to climb the mount Penanjakan in the complete dark.
After the sunrise the dramatic landscape of the Tengger caldeira shown up. The Batok, the Bromo and the erupting Semeru were fantastic.
       

3rd October 2005 - Annular solar eclipse at Colmenar Viejo, Spain
This is the same eclipse than just under. The difference is this time lapse is only the central part of it, from the very maximum up to some minutes later on.
It is incredible how fast the Earth and the Moon go round ...
       

3rd October 2005 - Annular solar eclipse at Colmenar Viejo, Spain
After one night driving from Bilbao towards the south to find the best place, I finally stopped at Colmenar Viejo, 30 km at the north of Madrid.
I captured the eclipse with my Canon associated to my 800/200 Newton telescope. The sky was perfect, cloudless, deep blue, and the annular Sun sat just in its middle.
Here under lies the time lapse of the whole eclipse ...
       

4th January 2005 - Sunset close to La Rochelle, France
On that day I took my camera and drove some kilometres.
Then I stopped in the middle of the countryside and realize that sunny and then cloudy film.
       

25th November 2004 - A night in Grenoble, France
This time lapse is following the other hereunder. Once I changed the batteries of the camera, I launched it once more.
Thus it goes from the beginning of the same night up to the early morning of the day after.
The moves of the clouds, the planets (Venus and Jupiter) and the Sun are so much impressive when seen that way ...
       

24th November 2004 - Second half of a day in Grenoble, France
When I was living in Grenoble the Alps could be seen through one of my window (as can be seen in my precedent movies).
That is why once I decided to realize an time lapse as long as I could.
In this case the length is limited by the batteries of the camera, since the capture can last very long because the computer is plugged.
This first time lapse lasts from after midday up to the beginning of the night. It is really astonishing ... !
       

10th October 2004 - Sunset with some clouds over Belledonne, France
This short time lapse shows the sunset over Belledonne in Grenoble with some clouds moving above.
       

27th July 2004 - Sunset over Belledonne, France
This is the first time lapse I took at sunset. It shows a perfect blue sky and mountains whose colour gets progressively deep red.
       

8th June 2004 - Venus solar transit, France
A very seldom astronomical event: Venus passing exactly between the Earth and the Sun ! This time lapse shows the end of it ...
       

16th May 2004 - Clouds above the mountains of Belledonne, France
The first of all my time lapses in Grenoble: middle-long track showing the changes of the clouds over Belledonne in Grenoble, while the shadows of the buildings move as fast as the Sun walks in the sky.
       

11th August 1999 - Total solar eclipse at Sainte-Geneviève, France
My first time lapse ever is made out of scanned pictures originally taken with the old (silver-based) Minolta SRT 101b of my father and a 200 mm lens.
This has also been my first total solar eclipse, seen under the blue sky of Normandy. Spectacular !
       

All these time lapses and their pictures are © Joël KLINGER
Contact me ... klinger_joel at yahoo.fr

Last update: 28th August 2012