Tokyo Night Lights

June 12, 2016 8:39 PM

From above, from within. Two short time-lapse films by Justin Tierney.
posted by carter (5 comments total)

Very nice. In the first one, some of the scenes seem mirror-reversed, with the road traffic on the right.
posted by ctmf at 9:12 PM on June 12, 2016

I loved the first one. All the more magical when all the cars and people are too small to see in detail. Just like a living organism.
posted by Metro Gnome at 10:10 PM on June 12, 2016 [1 favorite]

Love the elevators that show up in the second video.
posted by Gymnopedist at 10:13 PM on June 12, 2016

Related: the Blade Runner-esque photos of a neon-lit Tokyo by Liam Wong.
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 12:13 AM on June 13, 2016 [1 favorite]

Just like a living organism.

Going up into Tokyo Tower at night, the view looks like nothing more than exactly that. The roads' resemblance to veins and arteries is a little uncanny.
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 3:18 AM on June 13, 2016