2008 in 40 Seconds

December 30, 2008 12:33 PM

Watch the (seasonal) year 2008 in 40 seconds
posted by jon_hansen (20 comments total)

Anybody else see Sasquatch at about :33?
posted by stargell at 12:57 PM on December 30, 2008

No, but I saw the gorilla dribbling the basketball.
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:00 PM on December 30, 2008 [2 favorites]

That's gorgeous—thanks for the post.
posted by languagehat at 1:01 PM on December 30, 2008

Wasn't it a dancing bear?
posted by jon_hansen at 1:07 PM on December 30, 2008

I liked the little pumpkin.
posted by jquinby at 1:20 PM on December 30, 2008

I love this.
posted by AzzaMcKazza at 1:21 PM on December 30, 2008

They forgot Sarah Palin.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:22 PM on December 30, 2008

Good thing he doesn't live in Portland. 25 seconds of the video would look exactly the same.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 1:23 PM on December 30, 2008

Good thing he doesn't live in Portland. 25 seconds of the video would look exactly the same.

But it would be a pretty exciting 25 seconds...
posted by Potomac Avenue at 1:36 PM on December 30, 2008 [2 favorites]

great, beautiful, thanks.
posted by Substrata at 2:20 PM on December 30, 2008

A longer version video (HD) by Eirik Solheim (2008): One Year in Two Minutes.

His first experimental video (2005) Video: The Seasons in Norway.

An explanation of the process in making the videos.

Original source images at Flickr: 10mm wide angle aligned HDR images || 55mm zoomed in aligned HDR images.
posted by ericb at 2:22 PM on December 30, 2008

But it would be a pretty exciting 25 seconds...

Oh, my!!! I'm opening up a body shop in Portland, OR!!!
posted by ericb at 2:30 PM on December 30, 2008

That's gorgeous.
posted by ageispolis at 3:25 PM on December 30, 2008

Neat, thanks. Reminds me of the thought I had when I first saw an aerial view of my house online: one or two decades from now, when I'm browsing my favorite online mapping site, I expect to be able to flip through years worth of old satellite/aerial views of the location I'm viewing. How cool would that be?

Google, make it so.
posted by jaimev at 3:41 PM on December 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

But 2008 isn't over yet.
posted by marble at 3:43 PM on December 30, 2008

Very nice.
posted by Sailormom at 4:09 PM on December 30, 2008

I want a video wall of this in my house, on endless loop.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 4:23 PM on December 30, 2008

That Portland hill thing always kills me, I cannot figure out what the first driver shown was hoping to accomplish.

The seasonal video is lovely.
posted by maxwelton at 5:15 PM on December 30, 2008

Mmm ... deciduouslicious.
posted by bwg at 5:31 PM on December 30, 2008

But 2008 isn't over yet.

When you have 365 days in 40 seconds, 9.125 days go past in a second. I think we won't miss much in the next few days.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:25 PM on December 30, 2008