A time lapse study of the sky for a year

http://www.datapointed.net/2011/11/history-of-the-sky-ken-murphy/

63 9 15 years ago

This is really neat. I got it up on a 27" iMac and let it play. So great. Thanks for sharing.

So not only is this incredibly cool to watch, but it illustrates how the lenght of the day and weather changes throughout the year. I could see this type of project being replicated for various biomes and used in student materials. Brilliant idea!

Also, it was nice to learn about MobyGratis.com. I've always like Moby's music, but the fact that he makes his music available like this for non-commercial use is just awesome.

sanderson1• 15 years ago

It's amazing what you can learn from visualizing data in unexpected ways. I love how putting each video in a grid next to other videos teaches you so much more the day cycle than watching a single video by itself. It's pretty amazing.

Swizec• 15 years ago

The really cool part for me was seeing a cloudy day and then right next to it a day full of clouds being blown apart.

Also really interesting that cloudy days generally seem to be cloudy all day.

wavephorm• 15 years ago

Wow it's awfully sunny in San Francisco.

A similar time-lapse video from Finland shows the difference between one day in summer to a day in winter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTjyt-6hJQw

ryana• 15 years ago

Yeah, outside of a few months in the middle of that video (which looked pretty miserable to be fair) I was surprised by how much clear sky there was.

I like your video a lot too because it doesn't just look at the sky, but also the vegetation. It would be great to see something like this up in New England and watch the leaves change color.

gammarator• 15 years ago

A compelling "small multiples" [1] view of weather. The astronomer in me wishes the sequence started with the winter solstice (Dec. 21), though!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_multiple

guyht• 15 years ago

go to 1:54 top right quarter, there are some weird people shadows appearing.

apaprocki• 15 years ago

While watching I was thinking that this would be a much more informative graphic way to show someone what the weather was like in a particular location. I've always looked at those average temperature or precipitation graphs when deciding when to make a trip somewhere far away. If you could visualize every day of the year on a grid like this your brain would just see the "best" time to visit based on what you're looking for.

A time lapse study of the sky for a year

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