Sun: Time Lapse on Arctic Circle: Wales, Alaska

[fntsydrgn]

sorry... but that is just weird the sun rising in the well lets say east and setting in the east...ish

[youziness]

Weaker sunlight close to the poles that won't damage equipment if u point directly. The rays are much brighter in equator and filters are always needed here.

[hotuckfai]

beautiful



[Skalar300]

Fantastically!

[barkasandorne]

IWIW-Hirfolyam

[Mikencz]

Soo Wondreful

[LTlKUSHl21]

weed must be ancient around there.

[looponthepitch]

have you used any sun protactive filters to do this timelapse video? and if you used can you please tell me what type of filters you used? cause i'me very looking forward on doing a timelapse video like this!

Thanks for your time! And btw nice work!!

[hamiltonpaul73]

@looponthepitch

Good question . . . The truth is I didn't use any filters. I owned a Macbook. I mounted it on top of the sofa at my house - and pointed the i-sight camera out the window! As the sun moved across the sky, I moved the camera. Very sophisticated!

[looponthepitch]

@hamiltonpaul73 oh grest then ur really luky nothing happened to the camera lol cause with direct sun for long time it could be damaged!

[hamiltonpaul73]

@looponthepitch Your point is well taken. I was lucky I didn't destroy my lens!

[toothpick5]

@hamiltonpaul73 Great video! Im going to Alaska this summer and am going to try for a time lapse shot like this. Of course, in time lapse mode, my camera shuts off inbetween shots and the shutter stays closed. I assume this would mean no damage? Also, isn't the sun much weaker in Alaska than in say, Louisiana, Florida or Hawaii? Just wish I had a fisheye lens.

[hamiltonpaul73]

@toothpick5 Thanks!

Unfortunately, I don't know if the time lapse would damage your camera. I used the i-sight camera on my mac. It was pointed at the sun for ten hours - and it didn't hurt the lens, but I am told that it could have damaged the lens.

Have a great trip to Alaska! Beautiful country there . . .

[VideoFreakAustinT]

How do you guys sleep during it?

[737go]

Hi, i am also trying to do a sun time lapse, but having no luck. How do u make it so that you don't just see light? I can't get a clear image of the sun... Thx

[hamiltonpaul73]

Well, what I did was pretty simple. I used the camera installed on my lap top -with a $10 program called i-stop-motion. Then, I just pointed the computer at the sun - and programed the computer to start taking photos. That was it!

[mishkyn910]

Wow, this is beautiful :) Alaska is a wonderful place! I wonder how this time's changes can affect the people quotidian life?

5/5

[hamiltonpaul73]

I'm glad you enjoy it . . . During the spring and summer, you bubble with life. It is hard to sleep - and all you want to do is get out to see all the natural beauty.

When the ice breaks up in Wales, you can see the largest sea mammal migration across the ice. Thousands of beluga whales and dolphins. It is astonishing.

[mishkyn910]

o.O wonderful!

[RJL738]

Thank you for Filming this, the Sun is a beautiful thing .

[hamiltonpaul73]

Glad you enjoyed it. What the sun does in northwest Alaska in the spring time is quite astonishing!

[rvalenzuela10]

so how much time of sunlight do they get in a day???? are there days where there is no sunlight at all???

[hamiltonpaul73]

Sorry it took me so long to respond.

During the month of April, when this was taken, the length of an average day is 15 -16 hours. Light is visible from 17.5-18.5 hours a day.

In summer, visible light will be 24 hours.

[hamiltonpaul73]

In Wales, there aren't any days when there is no sun at all. The sun will shine for about 3 hours in the darkest part of winter. In Barrow, though (a couple hundred miles further north), there is no sun for several weeks during winter.

[JustinU1984]

what day was this? has to be in either spring or early fall

[hamiltonpaul73]

Good question. . . It was in April 2007. I should have posted that in the "information" section of the video.

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thank you for your question.

The time lapse took place over one day. It began rather late, around 1:00 pm in the afternoon - and continued to about 10:00 pm when it became dark.

At that time of year, the sun rises much further in the East (to the left) behind the mountains; but, you can't get a whole shot of sunrise, because of the mountains, until afternoon.

[StrungOutFlip]

Beautiful. What music is that playing in the background?

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thank you for the comment.

It is the beginning of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

[funnytrance]

ooh nice............

[kennyman22027]

best time lapse video ive ever seen! thats awesome!

great video!

[hamiltonpaul73]

Hello kennyman2207,

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment on my video. . . Believe it or not, I took this time lapse from the window of my house! It was a phenomenal Spring - in a rare place. I am glad I have the opportunity to share this snippet from Wales, Alaska.

[HeXploiT404]

Nice video. I married a little inupiat girl from Wales. :)

[hamiltonpaul73]

Wow! Very small world, indeed! It's a beautiful town. Thank you for posting. . .

[NeoPrometheus73]

Beautiful!

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thanks so much for your taking the time to watch the video. I  appreciate your kind comment!

Paul

[celzhang]

wow!

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thanks for your comment!

Paul

[mcmagicjr]

very nice :)

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Wales, Alaska - where I took this video - will always be a very important place to me.

Paul

[rogerdellerba]

loved it. There was something sacred about it I think, definitely the music made it.

Thanks

[hamiltonpaul73]

rogerdellerba,

Thanks so much for your comment! I really appreciate it. This timelapse represents one of the most beautiful natural spectacles I have glimpsed - in Wales, Alaska. Truly rare and marvelous.

Paul

[boywithadolphin]

The sunset seems to be for latitude 70 deg. Are you sure this was within the artic circle and not just below it? See my video for sun angles.

Regards Jim

[hamiltonpaul73]

Hello Jim,

You guessed it! Wales, Alaska is actually about 70 miles below the arctic circle. Sorry about that. I mis-typed my original description. Shishmaref, our neighboring town, is north of us - and right on the Arctic circle.

Cheers,

Paul

[boywithadolphin]

Thanks for your coment. yours is a great video. As you may have quessed from my pedantic reply I have an interest is science and astronomy. I arange science lectures as well and I am sending a link to our society in a private message.

Regards JIm

[Snowy022]

thanks for the post. this should help w/ my project for school =)

[hamiltonpaul73]

Great! I'm glad that I could help. I was just lucky to live in such an extraordinary place!

Paul

[iiarwain]

Beautiful... Absolutely beautiful. Wonderful video, I could spend hours appreciating such beauty.

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thanks so much for your comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I spent the better part of a year watching just this scene! It was filmed from out of the window of my house. I was truly privileged. It almost seems unreal now.

-Paul

[PaulHartXYZ]

A beautiful moment... with beautiful music.

Thanks for this treasure.

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thank you so much for the comment. I just set up the camera. The landscape and beauty of Wales, Alaska really did everything. I'm just glad I got a record of it before I left.

Paul

[szombat0804]

beutifull

[marthaserpas]

Thanks so much for your comment!

Paul

[hamiltonpaul73]

I'm glad you appreciated the time lapse. I took it out of my window.

[maximillionxm]

How many hours long was that day?

[hamiltonpaul73]

On April 14, 2007 when this time lapse was made, the sun rose at7:30 AM Alaska standard time. It set at 10:41 PM..

[Derek799]

didn't rise too high, pretty cool

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thanks for your comment! It's extraordinary to watch it rolling like a penny across the horizon. At that time of year, it rolls 2/3 of the way across the entire rim of the world. In the summer, it will go the entire circumference of the horizon.

Paul

[arcticrider85]

home sweet home...i am from wales,alaska

[hamiltonpaul73]

I'm so glad that you got a chance to see this! You're indeed lucky to have grown up in Wales. I spent just a year there - and three years in the nearby village of Brevig Mission. The people in Wales were extremely kind to me.

Paul

[arcticrider85]

hey paul, this is andrew seetook of wales. raymond seetook jr's brother...

[hamiltonpaul73]

Hi Andrew. Raymond (JR), your brother, was one of my best students! I hope you and he are doing well. It's really a small world. Great to hear from you.

Paul

[newinthegame]

Hi Paul. Really nice Video! I've been searching long for a clip of one day on the Arctic Circle. Can you please tell me how many hours did it take the sun from sunrise to sunset in this video?

THANKS!

[hamiltonpaul73]

Hi newinthegame,

On April 14, 2007 when this time lapse was made, the sun rose at7:30 AM Alaska standard time. It set at 10:41 PM.. The sun you see in the video time lapse comes up in the South over Cape Prince of Wales at 12:30 p.m. in the afternoon and sets in the Northwest over the Bering Sea, looking out towards Siberia. So, the total time lapse is about ten hours.

Paul

[whitkelly]

i cried when the sun went away

[hamiltonpaul73]

Thank you for the moving comment. The ending always reminds me of a person closing their eyes.

[rasmus79]

What piece of music is this?

[hamiltonpaul73]

Believe it or not it is the beginning of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture!

It does pick up a bit after this ravishingly slow beginning.

Thanks for asking and posting! -- Paul

[rasmus79]

Truly beautiful choice of music

It is so important for the whole mood of the time-lapse, and composes the scene for the impression of the eyes.

Thanks for making this.

[hamiltonpaul73]

There is a longing in this piece of music. For me, watching the sun is like watching my whole past crossing by above the frozen Bering sea (where I lived). It flees into gold, amber, then deep dark blue filled with the faintest taste of yellow and salmon pink. Then, it closes with dark, completely sealing and ending all for four long seconds and I am left puzzled.

[glecky12]

You should hear "Russian Sailors' Dance" Reinhold Gliere. It would suit it very well also. I played 1812 Overture at my school concert. I've been to Alaska but only up to Skagway.

[hamiltonpaul73]

Skagway is quite beautiful. A good friend of mine who taught with me up in on the Bering Strait lives nearby in Haines. The whole state is quite wonderful. You are lucky to have visited.

Paul

[hamiltonpaul73]

I haven't heard "Russian Sailors' Dance" by Gliere, but I will check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.

Paul

[glecky12]

Sure.

[robfinuc]

good choice of music