I’ve just seen a time-lapse video made by photographer Dustin Farrell so beautiful that I cannot bear to embed it here and make it small. So instead I will send you to Vimeo where you can see it in HD and full screen, which I highly recommend.
It will take Far Too Long to load in Vimeo. Please embrace the delay. Go out for coffee, or something. It’ll be worth it.
Just magnificent. All the things I love about the west, how it makes me feel so big inside… and the time-lapse gives it a sense of timelessness that I can’t articulate but really respond to. Must think about this.
Enjoy your day.
The dry heat and clear air of the high desert make the landscape almost surreal. It takes a long time to get from one human habitation to another. The pace of life is slower because of heat and distance. Because I lived there so long, it is the landscape of my heart. Thanks for this.
Why is no-one seduced by the desert? There will be a quiz.
These are stunning. Thanks for the link.
Mark, you will not be asked to take the quiz.
Mark doesn’t need quizzes, he gets it 😉 (*waves to Mark*).
Barbara, I don’t know why some people don’t respond, but there you go… mileage varies. I don’t understand the impulse to thunder about in six feet of snow, but lots of people do it for fun. And of course for the beauty they find.
Perhaps it is that we all find our stillness and our sense of inner expansion in different kinds of beauty.
Ah, it’s so interesting to me to think about what it means to be human!
I do love the desert and the southwest. I love it best in the spring and fall. : ) And I really enjoyed the time lapse – lots of beautiful stuff there. But i confess some parts of it I found technically annoying, and they totally pulled me out of the experience.
I loved that shot from the inside of what looked like a cliff dwelling looking out at the milky way. And also that shot in the beginning of sunrise at the arch. I very much admire all the work that goes into those timelapses and am totally jealous of the time spent out there creating those shots.
I know that guy’s been getting lots of great press, but I think that Tom Lowe is the king of timelapse. Really looking forward to seeing this film he’s been working on for a few years now. it’s getting close, and he’s got a trailer posted now. You don’t see it so much there, but he has spent most of his time in the southwest filming I believe.
This actually reminds me of the most beautiful night I ever experienced. It was in Joshua Tree on the night of the most active meteor shower that will happen in our lifetimes. We laid on our backs and watched meteors falling all over the whole sky faster than we could count or even see for hours. Hundreds every second. That whole weekend I camped there was phenomenal. But I think I’ve mentioned it before here. It’s sad to me that we can’t see the stars like that in very many places anymore.
The west does have a beauty that is quite special and hard to describe. Personally I had to spend some quiet time there before I really appreciated it. Timeless and primal and vast and clean.
Jennifer, bingo on Tom Lowe. And as for lying on your back and looking at the stars, I remember my folks staying up with us to watch my first lunar eclipse. I have felt awe since in the beauty of nature, but not that pure five year old awe.
Jennifer, bingo on Tom Lowe. And as for lying on your back and looking at the stars, I remember my folks staying up with us to watch my first lunar eclipse when I was five. I have felt awe since in the beauty of nature, but not that pure five year old awe.