The Big Foto » Antarctica http://thebigfoto.com Life stories in photos Fri, 18 May 2012 02:46:46 +0000 en hourly 1 Antarctica Time lapse: A Year on Ice http://thebigfoto.com/antarctica-time-lapse-a-year-on-ice http://thebigfoto.com/antarctica-time-lapse-a-year-on-ice#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:30:34 +0000 admin http://thebigfoto.com/?p=1668 Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, underlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice, which averages at least 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) in thickness. [wikipedia]

The video
Time-lapse video filmed in Antarctica, in and around McMurdo Station and Scott Base by Anthony Powell. Includes shots of auroras and the very rare polar stratospheric nacreous clouds, which form when ozone depleting gases crystallize in the upper atmosphere in the intense cold.
This is just a small sample of an ongoing project to collect time-lapse imagery of Antarctica. He has taken over 1,000,000 individual photos and worn out a number of cameras that make up the collection of footage he has gathered so far over the last 6 years.

Enjoy.

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