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New York Forest.1 Actual Elapsed Time: 17 minutes (1,000 seconds) A mist shimmers in the early morning light falling on a New York forest. At normal speed, this scene would seem quiet and still... 304 K
New York Forest.2 Actual Elapsed Time: 2.8 hours (10,000 seconds) The morning fog lifts as the sun rises on a forest in New York state. The morning fog consists of tiny droplets of water... 396 K
New York Forest.3 Actual Elapsed Time: 13 hours (46,800 seconds) Sitting in front of a forest for a day sounds restful. Not much happens in the 13 hours of daylight, or does it? In... 312 K
New York Forest.4 Actual Elapsed Time: 4 months (10,500,000 seconds) In four months the landscape of this New England forest changes color completely. The green of summer makes way for the rich hues of... 284 K
New York Forest.5 Actual Elapsed Time: 1 year (31,500,000 seconds) A forest in New York state undergoes dramatic changes over the course of a year. As the days get longer and warmer in spring... 632 K
New York Stream Actual Elapsed Time: 4 months (10,500,000 seconds) Winter snow gives way to spring growth. Spring weather melts the snow and swells the stream. The snow leaves nothing alive, it seems, only... 556 K
Night.1 Actual Elapsed Time: 2.8 hours (10,000 seconds) The evening sky is usually a quiet scene. But sped up 1,000 times, we can see how active it really is. Stars appear to... 308 K
Night.2 Actual Elapsed Time: 12 hours (43,200 seconds) Stars seem to rotate in the evening sky. What's really happening is that you are seeing the effect of the Earth's rotation about its... 320 K
Night.3 Actual Elapsed Time: 1 year (31,500,000 seconds) The positions of stars seem to move over the course of a year. In fact, it is the Earth that is moving, traveling around... 400 K
Outer Planets Actual Elapsed Time: 100 years (3.2 billion seconds) The outer planets of the solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto - take long periods of time to revolve around the sun. In... 136 K
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