Yosemite Timelapse Project
Yet another great timelapse project, this time in Yosemite NP.
Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.
National Parks, photography | Rogier | 
February 2, 2012 21:00 | 
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Mountains in Motion timelapse project
This trailer for a new documentary on the Rocky Mountains has some amazing footage. I can’t wait to see the full movie! Make sure to watch it in HD.
Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies | Official Trailer from The Upthink Lab on Vimeo.
Alberta, Canada, photography | Rogier | January 24, 2012 20:00 | Comments (1)
Jasper National Park: 12 months of adventure
Jasper National Park offers a great variety of adventures, anytime of the year. These photos reflect on some of them.
January
Maligne Canyon, Jasper National Park, in winter
February
Tangle Falls along the Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, in winter
March
Snowshoers on Jacques Lake, Jasper National Park
Jacques Lake, Jasper National Park in light of full "super" moon
April
Snowshoeing on Whistlers Summit, Jasper National Park
White-tailed ptarmigan in winter plumage on Whistlers summit, Jasper National Park.
May
Male mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus, along the Athabasca River, Jasper National Park.
June
Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos, digging along the Icefields Parkway
July
Family overlooking Snake Indian Falls in Jasper National Park
Aspen stand along the North Boundary Trail, Jasper National Park
August
360 degree panorama of Indian Ridge, Jasper National Park
Alpine lake below Pyramid Mountain, Jasper National Park.
Spindley Creek at Spindley Creek picnic area, Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park. (Parks Canada/Rogier Gruys)
September
The Ramparts and Amethyst Lake from Tonquin Valley Adventures dock in Jasper National Park at sunrise
Young girl walking on log at first Geraldine Lake in Jasper National Park
October
Lorraine Lake in the Maligne Valley, Jasper National Park
Pyramid mountain and the cross at the summit of Morro Peak, Jasper National Park
The full moon lights up Mt. Edith Cavell from the shore of Cavell Lake, Jasper National Park.
November
The International Space Station is captured as a straight broken line among curved star trails over Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park in a one-hour exposure.
December
Visitor snowshoeing on Overlook trail on Pyramid Bench, Jasper National Park.
Alberta, Jasper, National Parks, photography | Rogier | December 22, 2011 0:00 | Comments (2)
Longer timelapse video of earth from the International Space Station
This video of earth from the International Space Station is even better than the short timelapse video of earth I found last week. The scene at 0:31 shows the Rockies and Jasper National Park just to the left of the middle of the frame. An island of darkness in a sea of light.
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
Alberta, Canada, photography | Rogier | November 16, 2011 18:00 | Comments (1)
View of earth from International Space Station
Last month I posted a photo of the International Space Station flying over Jasper National Park. Here is the view from the other side: North and South America from the ISS. The flyover starts over the Pacific NW of Vancouver Island, continues over the western US, down to Mexico, and on to South America. It ends with sunrise over the Antarctic.
The large areas of city lights show how important Dark Sky Preserves like Jasper National Park are.
Alberta, Canada, conservation, National Parks, night photography | Rogier | November 13, 2011 13:00 | Comments (2)
Mahikan Trails survival course
There are a lot of outdoor courses out there, but few are as excellent and comprehensive as Mahikan Trails’ survival courses. Just took their 2-day survival course last week. It is actually more of a bushcraft course. At the end of it we had built shelters, made whistles, wood saws, fishing nets, traps, learnt about native foods, fire craft, you name it. And we had a great time while at it. Highly recommended.
Alberta, Outdoor, trekking | Rogier | November 8, 2011 20:00 | Comments (1)
One of world’s scariest airports
Korupun (sometimes spelled Koropun) in the highlands of West Papua, has one of the world’s scariest air strips. See this video of a take-off and landing at the strip.
I can attest to the difficulty of landing here; I spent two weeks in the mountains above Korupun in 1995. Planes start by flying over the strip to check for pigs, then have to make one full circle to get low enough to land. When taking off, the plane has to make a 90 degree turn to avoid the mountain wall across the valley, followed by a full turn to get out of the steep walled valley. It’s an experience!
Indonesia, Travel | Rogier | November 7, 2011 21:00 | Comments (1)
Iceland timelapse
Yet another great timelapse video, this time from Iceland. There are some good links to resources below the video.
Midnight Sun | Iceland from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.
photography | Rogier | October 28, 2011 15:00 | Comments (2)
Space Station flying over Jasper
This one-hour exposure captures the International Space Station as a bright dotted line among the curved star trails over of Patricia Lake in Jasper National Park. Composite of 490 images, at 10mm, 6sec, f3.5, captured at 4sec intervals. A car’s headlights light up the forest across the lake.
More star photos of Jasper National Park.
Alberta, Canada, National Parks, night photography, photography | Rogier | October 27, 2011 20:00 | Comments (2)
Toronto and Hawaii timelapses
A couple of cool timelapses that were released recently. The first one shows off Toronto:
Toronto Tempo from Ryan Emond on Vimeo.
Not quite the same as the timelapse of Vancouver, but still some great footage. The second one has some amazing footage of Hawaii. Do check out the stills of the Milky Way as well.
Mauna Lapse: From Sea to Summit from The Upthink Lab on Vimeo.
Canada, photography | Rogier | October 22, 2011 22:00 | Comments (2)
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