Alaquash

Actual Elapsed Time: 4 months (10,500,000 seconds)

The annual process of spring regrowth takes place at a northern Wisconsin stream. Due to the cold climate, it takes a while for the snow to melt away. With warmer weather, the plants grow quickly, soaking up nutrients from the soil and sunlight from above. First to grow are the grasses, later come the trees. This process of growth and renewal takes place very slowly. We can only see it by speeding up the action to one million times normal speed.

How This Clip Was Made:

This time-lapse video was created from a series of still pictures. A 35mm still camera with an automatic timer was placed inside a box and mounted in front of the scene. The timer triggered the camera to take a picture every day. The images were digitized and transferred to a PhotoCD. Twenty pictures from the set of 120 images were then selected and put together to form this video. Production: Janet Blair. Post-Production: Todd Reamon. Special Thanks: Tim Kratz and Janet Blair, Trout Lake Station LTER.

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