This week, we documented the excruciatingly drawn out death of one 75-year-old, 74-foot-tall Norway Spruce tree from Pennsylvania, from the first shadow of eternal darkness to pictures of the carcass being dragged to its final resting place in Rockefeller Center. In case you haven't been following its dedicated Twitter feed and missed this video, check out a timelapse below of the Christmas tree being put up: more ›

Madison Square Garden has been under the knife for a while (you can follow along on the makeover here), and now you can see it all in this 26-second timelapse. The video shows the transformation in progress, from April to the present (they also have a construction cam set up, so you can keep your eye on things, LIVE). The addition of lobster rolls to the venue has already made this place more enjoyable. more ›

Have you ever laid down in the grass and found yourself in a staring-contest with the stars, wondering what Superman, Silver Surfer and Jeebus see when they fly over the Earth? Now you can get an idea in the very cool time lapse video below. Over 600 photos were taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbited the planet at night. The video, assembled by science educator James Drake, begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America—you can see cities lit up like Lite-Bright pushpins and flashing blue storms—before entering daylight near Antarctica. more ›

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The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's web manager Dave Allen has taken to timelapsing different areas of the space. Today he's released a new one of the Lily Pool Terrace (in the past he's given the same treatment to the cherry blossoms and the Cranford Rose Garden). He writes: more ›

That question is rhetorical, by the way. Josh Owens, master of timelapses, has released his latest video, taken from eleven different hotels around Manhattan. He writes, "I recently spent a little over a month hotel hopping in Manhattan (March 12th to April 29th) shooting time lapse. These clips were pulled from over an hours worth of footage." The result is truly awe-inspring... in fact, it's making us a little verklempt! more ›

They're not always great, but when you find a really sweet time-lapse video, there's something effortlessly compelling about it. It doesn't matter if it's of snow storms, marathons or miniature cities—the medium is part of the message. Richard Trammell created just such a video yesterday. He wrote, "I went out yesterday with a 5D and intervalometer and stole these shots on the R and N lines into Queens." It's a humble project that doesn't try to bite off more than it can chew; and hey, maybe you'll see yourself in there if you rode the R or N yesterday! more ›

This 1980s time lapse is pretty amazing, showing a speedy tour through New York City at the time, recording everything from the Twin Towers to a car show to a ride on the subway and a walk to Washington Square Park. Look out for the dog running down the West Side Highway in the beginning! It's well worth watching the full five minutes—and here's a look at Times Square at the time, for more of the "edgy New York" (sigh!) experience. more ›

Another snowfall, another timelapse. Control Geek has posted his latest video, "starting yesterday morning after the little surprise storm, through the rain, and then through the insane snowfall rates overnight. One second equals one hour." We sort of wish it slowed down for the thundersnow! And not to get all spoiler-y, but the video begins and ends with snow melting. That's a gamechanger in the snow time lapse world. more ›

Durring Blizzageddon we wondered where Control Geek and his lovely time lapses had gone (down south, apparently). Luckily he was back for this latest storm. So, sit back and enjoy fourteen hours of inclement weather condensed into fifteen seconds of fun: more ›

Sure, that other blizzard video may be getting called Oscar worthy by Mr. Roger Ebert—but if you're more of the Cloverfield taste, maybe it wasn't your thing. Consider this your lo-brow blockbuster; filmed in Greenpoint, it comes with a Daft Punk soundtrack, rapid-fire camera changes, ZOOMING, and someone is skiing somewhere at the end. Where are they going? Is there going to be a sequel?! more ›

While we haven't spotted any great NYC timelapses of Blizzageddon yet (paging Control Geek!)... one man in New Jersey has a great one documenting about 20 hours of the storm. Spoiler alert: we get a lot of snow! more ›

The MTA has posted a time lapse (they're so into time lapses these days) from the marathon, which begins with the first wave of runners over the Verrazano-Narrows bridge around 9:45 a.m. yesterday. The whole things looks pretty neat, especially that hovering helicopter in the beginning! more ›

Transit nerds, you are going to love this. The MTA has posted this time lapse video on YouTube, saying: "The Corona Subway Yard in Queens is home to the 7 subway fleet. Each weekday morning between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., 27 trains leave Corona Yard to provide service to the Flushing Line's 450,000 customers. The 27 trains join five already in service to provide 32 trains during the peak hours." more ›

Timelapse artist Josh Owens and NFGTV shot a few videos around New York City last weekend, check them out below—they're all nice and short for the attention impaired, and not one of them is soundtracked by Enya (a very popular music choice for these types of videos!). Enjoy... more ›

The sunset last night was so gorgeous that we knew there would be plenty of photos taken—and here are some more! What's better, here's a timelapse of the sun setting from Queens: more ›

Last month John Huntington at Control Geek noticed mourning doves in one of his Windsor Terrace planters. He set up his camera to take a time lapse every day, and in it he even catches babies hatching! more ›

It's been a while since we've seen a New York City timelapse that hasn't involved the weather. So here we go, from Manhattan to Brooklyn and back (and you might want to turn off, or turn up, the volume—depending on your taste in music). more ›

In the time lapse medium, usually snow is the star of the show... but this wind over the past few days has now blown itself to center stage. Surprisingly, no plastic bags make a cameo in this video (which was shot in Brooklyn). more ›

Here it is, your Snowicane timelapse, taken in Brooklyn. Spoiler alert: the camera gets snowed in! more ›

The Queens Museum of Art isn't the only place you can see a miniature New York. Using tilt-shift photography, artist Sam O'Hare created the time-lapse film "The Sandpit" from more than 35,000 pictures taken during a single week last August. With computer editing software, O'Hare manipulated his photos so only narrow planes of focus remained sharp, creating an effect that makes the city look like a model. He then assembled his shots—which range from scenes of crowds entering the Met to construction work at Brooklyn Bridge Park—over an original score. If you like the tilt-shift look but can't afford a dedicated lens, you can do it on Photoshop or try this low-budget approach. [via thenewoldbiddy's Twitter] more ›

Finally, the biggest snowstorm of the decade has been memorialized in time lapse! John Huntington captured the whole thing from his window in Brooklyn, even though he was out of town at the National Storm Chaser Convention (obvs). The first shot you see is from 8:30 a.m. last Tuesday, with a shot one frame every five minutes through last night (which means you even get to see the snow melt!). more ›

You've already seen photos of last night's blizzard and read news accounts about the snowstorm — but now you can watch it in time-lapse photography! This neat video from controlgeek shows snow accumulating in Brooklyn with a single image every thirty seconds from yesterday afternoon through this morning. more ›

The street artist Blu was commissioned to paint a mural on the Deitch Studios in Long Island City (44th drive at the water's edge)—and now he's got a timelapse video showing how he completed the work. more ›