Hurricane Wilma Time Lapse

http://www.hurricanetrack.com/posters/dvd2005.html
This video is a time lapse of 9 hours worth of S-VHS tape that captured the hurricane's impact on Marco Island in SW Florida. Our team left one of our remote camera systems in place to record the hurricane in order for us to retrieve the video later. It is also worth noting that this video streamed live to our web site as part of our broader project to capture video and data using remote sensing technology. The video is a little over 9 minutes long and begins in the late evening of October 23, 2005. As the night wears on, the camera captures various people stopping by the boat ramp where we placed the camera- they are unaware that the camera is looking right at them. As the sun rises on October 24, notice the strong winds streaking across the water and the storm surge at the boat ramp. Although it may seem boring, there is a lot to examine in a video of this nature- the cloud motion, the rise and fall of the water level, debris floating out as the water retreats- and people coming in to and out of the shot. During a severe hurricane, this technology that we have pioneered will allow us to capture that elusive never-before-seen video without putting human life at any risk. If we can send robots to Mars and send images back, why not do something similar in hurricanes? We do just that...but not in 2006 or 2007 (bummer).

Category:

Science & Technology

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• florida
• hurricane
• documentary
• wilma
• time
• lapse
• video
• marco
• island
• katrina
• storm
• chaser

[getplaning]

I wonder if putting Rain-X on the camera lens would improve image quality?

[hurricanetrack]

Yes- but this particular camera has LEDs which light up even the smallest water droplets and reflect that light back in to the very sensitive lens. Our best bet is to capture a hurricane during the day- but we obviously have no control over that :-(

[wgjpinoy654]

wow awesome!

[LadyJay114]

good footage

[jipps39]

nice