Time lapse of Simi Valley fires from 2005

A video from powrslave:

Shot with 3 cameras over a period of 28 hours during September 28-29th 2005. Firestorm shows a a unique look at the Simi Valley fire which consumed 25,000 acres. Look for Mars, Orion & the Moon rising in the distance...

Link (via Ursi)

[#1 posted by Takuan , June 12, 2008 11:37 AM]

funny how anything can look lyrical with a soundtrack and dramatic color

[#2 posted by krisbeldin , June 12, 2008 11:46 AM]

That's pretty cool, when time flies, it's fun!

[#3 posted by JJ , June 12, 2008 11:53 AM]

I haven't done work with video or time lapse photography, but I've always appreciated how music and moving visuals can compliment each other. This is not one of those cases. Bongo?

[#4 posted by gabrielm , June 12, 2008 11:58 AM]

Great transitions.
Very powerful.
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Then I turned the sound on!

[#5 posted by alek , June 12, 2008 12:02 PM]

On the original post, the creator chimed in about how he made this. I was kinda wondering if this is how it was done since the image quality is very high and the transitions are extremely smooth.

"This timelapse was shot using 2 Dslr's and one HDV cam. The beauty part is the higher resolution cameras allow me to build 'nested composites'. Since they originally shoot at 3456x2304. This is how I was able to achieve some of the pans & zooms without motion control and maintain the original quality in Hi-def. Now if I could only find a site that would stream that kind of bandwidth. :)"

Very cool and very nice job!

[#6 posted by Pharmakos , June 12, 2008 12:03 PM]

It's porno for pyros.

[#7 posted by devophill , June 12, 2008 12:06 PM]

Ooohhh... I favorite-ed this after I watched it, but before I listened to it... Ouch! I liked it better with the Amon Duul II that I was playing the first time I watched it.

[#8 posted by Munkcy , June 12, 2008 12:14 PM]

Judging from some of the previous comments, I'm happy that I watched the video with my speakers muted.

[#9 posted by Elysianartist , June 12, 2008 12:17 PM]

2 words: Frickin' Sweet.

I'm out.

[#10 posted by Wingo , June 12, 2008 12:55 PM]

That is quite beautiful. Wonderful way to turn a tragedy into art.

As for the music - I kind of liked it, actually. Yes, the bongos threw me off when they first came in, but I think they eventually integrated well enough.

[#11 posted by JFlex , June 12, 2008 2:22 PM]

Lovely!

If today's crop of posts showed us one thing, Mark, Xeni, and David really get BoingBoing's mission statement.

[#12 posted by arkizzle , June 12, 2008 2:31 PM]

A very, very nice piece of work.

And I thought the music fit the video pretty well actually (what's with all the bongo hate?).

[#13 posted by jjj , June 12, 2008 2:46 PM]

hey, my daughter & her husband live there! Cali is freaky scary. we don't have that kinda stuff in Jersey.
i mean that axel foley-bongo music, fires can always be arranged

[#14 posted by JJ , June 12, 2008 3:14 PM]

I was only kidding about the music. I've since downloaded it onto my walk man, have it as my ring tone and created a cult to have all other music abolished, so that it may stand alone and reign supreme. No kidding.

[#15 posted by eideal852 , June 12, 2008 3:24 PM]

Simi Valley FTW!
we're not only the home of the rodney king trials, but also the 3 year fire cycle. oh and a mall. we have a mall. so there.

ps-My son max also lives here, he's 2 today. BIG UP MAX!

[#16 posted by padster123 , June 12, 2008 4:03 PM]

Nice piece of work.

[#17 posted by eustace , June 12, 2008 8:32 PM]

You can see part of my commute! I ride through Simi every day.
Gorgeous footage. The moonrise made the hairs on my neck stand up.