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Seasons. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]you_freak_bitch 36 points37 points ago

slowerrrrrr!

[–]JonathanWarner 62 points63 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/GPZ3r.gif

Check back in a couple months.

[–]Dragday 24 points25 points ago

I stared for too long, until I read "Check back in a couple months." . I am stupid.

[–]PurpleNuggets 8 points9 points ago

But I swear I can still see it changing ever so slowly...

[–]BlazeOrangeDeer 2 points3 points ago

Serious question: in a gif, how long can you delay between the frames?

[–]metabun 3 points4 points ago

In gif89a, each frame can have a frame delay defined in its Graphic Control Block, where it is set aside two bytes for the delay of that frame.

The delay is given in 100ths of a second, so you could at most have a 256*256/100 second delay, which is around ten or eleven minutes if my math checks out.

[–]nanarpus 8 points9 points ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmIFXIXQQ_E

[–]you_freak_bitch 0 points1 point ago

thanks :D

[–]cmd_iii 1 point2 points ago

Actually, in this part of New York, that's about as quickly as they change.

I'm not kidding. One weekend, it was in the 80s and I was thinking, "we may have another few weeks of summer after all." The next weekend, it was in the 60s, and I was closing the pool.

[–]CubemonkeyNYC 1 point2 points ago

That's how it was in "Spring." A few days of 70s, then 90s.

[–]you_freak_bitch 1 point2 points ago

huh? you travel through time periods?

edit: my bad, i'm australian. i just realised you were talking about temperature in degrees fahrenheit. also it is exactly like that in melbourne, where i am from. four seasons in a day they call it

[–]Harutinator 45 points46 points ago

You die after about 80-85 of these

[–]JonathanWarner 18 points19 points ago

Scary thought :l

[–]checkenginelight 8 points9 points ago

Thanks, Captain Bringdown.

[–]Ravek 4 points5 points ago

I'm already over 80 seasons old ... not long to go then.

Oh wait I'm 23.

[–]Jumpset 2 points3 points ago

Yeah, if everything goes well. Don't forget about the amount of people who die every day without having witnessed this even once.

[–]Rather_Dashing 19 points20 points ago

Australian version

[–]nanarpus 10 points11 points ago

FTFY

[–]TalonNW 52 points53 points ago

Related

[–]sexyhamster89 17 points18 points ago

Never realized how much of the world has never seen snow...

I guess I should be happy I get to freeze my ass off for 6 months a year

[–]simmejanne 2 points3 points ago

As a swede, I freeze my ass of 11 months a year

[–]nanarpus 0 points1 point ago

Never in recent human history. During the ice ages, a lot more was covered. And a lot of scientists think that the entirety of Earth was frozen at some time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth

[–]Javadocs 0 points1 point ago

I assuming when he says 'world', he means the people of the world.

[–]Bandit1379 2 points3 points ago

Something I just noticed... why is there no snow on the east coast of the US? For instance, it looks like New York got barely any snow; I thought NY got a decent amount regularly?

[–]nanarpus 2 points3 points ago

Check out this http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/view.php?d1=MOD10C1_M_SNOW

NASA wins, again.

[–]youfuckstookallnames 0 points1 point ago

Looks like Maine didn't get any in that .gif either.

But I can guarantee everything is blinding white for at least 4 months every year.

[–]Jaymaster1 1 point2 points ago

TIL It snows in South America.

[–]Purehatred 0 points1 point ago

related

[–]you_freak_bitch 0 points1 point ago

wow, my country really is a barren wasteland (australia).

[–]Eriter815 22 points23 points ago

a typical day in ohio

[–]brownent1 7 points8 points ago

Haha yup. Pretty much all of the midwest too

[–]jhpalmer 4 points5 points ago

I have no idea what this is like.

Source: California

[–]mongooseondaloose 3 points4 points ago

I think you mean Missouri or Kansas. http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/most.html

[–]GreatGooglelyMoglely 2 points3 points ago

More like Indiana

[–]Coffeeey 10 points11 points ago

Here's the video: http://youtu.be/lmIFXIXQQ_E

It is made by a Norwegian that works for the national broadcasting service. It was taken out the window of his house outside Oslo.

[–]drsnafu 14 points15 points ago

Did someone bump the camera at the end of summer?

[–]Corn0ffTheCob 5 points6 points ago

Someone kicked the tree in the center a bit more upright at the end of winter too.

[–]drsnafu 5 points6 points ago

I think that's more likely the gif looping, and the tree is sagging to the left over the year.

[–]Ezenne 0 points1 point ago

Trees normally bend down a little (or a lot depending on thickness) under the pressure of snow accumulating on them, then start straightening again when the snow melts.

[–]xyroclast 0 points1 point ago

It looks like it. The ground appears to lift up on the lefthand side. I'd imagine that when the project takes a year to do, you wouldn't exactly want to start over unless it were absolutely necessary

[–]JonathanWarner 5 points6 points ago

Fall seems to have hit that middle tree pretty hard.

[–]theoceanisdeeep 5 points6 points ago

Can someone show down this gif for me so I can stare at it in awe for 15 minutes really high? Its too fast for my eyes

[–]blakeready710 4 points5 points ago

Generally separated

[–]xyroclast 1 point2 points ago

Camera definitely gets moved a bit over the course of the year. Watch the treetops in the background move in a circle

[–]compto35 0 points1 point ago

I assume the photog came back regularly…I wouldn't leave a camera at the mercy of the elements for a whole cycle of seasons. If that's the case, it's pretty impressive that they were able to be so consistent.

[–]stonecutter129 4 points5 points ago

If you watch this for a couple minutes, that is the length of time that represents your life. Seems so insignificant.

[–]SchiffsBased 4 points5 points ago

I want this as a wallpaper.

[–]metabun 1 point2 points ago

Okay. The source photos are available as a flickr album and as a zip file on the creators blog.

[–]SisterPhister 4 points5 points ago

This makes me feel... empty.

[–]cosmicButterfly 1 point2 points ago

I got a lil dizzy..in a good way

[–]deathnutz 2 points3 points ago

This is the heartbeat responsible for life on earth. Any planet that can do this can evolve life. The cosmic cocktail mixer.

[–]gabbagabbahey28 1 point2 points ago

the only seasons we need are spring and fall. the other two are too extreme.

[–]jclarkwright 1 point2 points ago

This is strangely similar to inhaling and exhaling..

[–]thefallingbrick 1 point2 points ago

Is it just me or does it keep getting faster?

[–]FourAM 1 point2 points ago

I have a picture in my bathroom which does that.

[–]Leopard305 9 points10 points ago

me too! its called a window.

[–]M3TLH3D 1 point2 points ago

Is it weird that the longer I watched this gif, the faster the cycle went?

[–]meangrampa 1 point2 points ago

When you get old that's what a year seems like.

[–]SoakAToa 1 point2 points ago

Hey this is what it looks like outside when I get on reddit

[–]Lazure907 1 point2 points ago

Wish the transitions were slower.

[–]Servicemaster 1 point2 points ago

Earth's heartbeat.

[–]VEC7OR 1 point2 points ago

Watching this gif for long enough makes you contemplate the briefness of human life...

[–]dee_007 1 point2 points ago

I love the crisp, bright colors of fall

[–]-MD- 1 point2 points ago

Could someone slow this down like 3x? I think it'd be neat for a forum signature.

[–]Well_With_My_Soul 1 point2 points ago

Here's what an entire year looks like in one photograph: http://i.imgur.com/6isqA.jpg

[–]quicksilver68 1 point2 points ago

I'm really baked and that had me in a trance.

[–]ajmoo 0 points1 point ago

you and me both, man.

[–]shmera 0 points1 point ago

An upvote for you good sir.

[–]serosis 0 points1 point ago

"I love seasons too much. I love seasons.”

"Yeah, so do I. That is why I live in a place that skips the shitty ones!”

[–]FleetwoodMacNCheese 0 points1 point ago

do FB cover photos support GIFS?

[–]xyroclast 0 points1 point ago

Looks like the camera gets moved out of place at one point

[–]PlinytheStoner 0 points1 point ago

Completely honest, I watched this for a solid minute before I realized it wasn't changing over the long run. Lol Yup [7]from/r/trees

[–]nanarpus 1 point2 points ago

This is just the shitty version of the original

[–]AerateMark 1 point2 points ago

That was truly worth the read, you magnificent bastard! Please, take my small tribute of one upvote you fantastic bastard! If only I had more! My reaction to it.

[–]owlbynature 0 points1 point ago

I never realized there was a gif for this picture.

[–]NegativeCreep18 0 points1 point ago

Beautiful.

[–]szester 0 points1 point ago

Michigander here...thats not winter.

[–]SkippyTheDog 0 points1 point ago

It's like the heartbeat of the earth...the heart just beats once per year, where ours beats 80ish per minute...

[–]danaks 0 points1 point ago

I moved from New Hampshire to New Orleans six years ago. I really miss these.

[–]metabun 1 point2 points ago

Source: Eirik Solheim.

[–]Swim2014 0 points1 point ago

Dat Foliage

[–]Seruz 1 point2 points ago

You call that a winter?

[–]BlueBird518 0 points1 point ago

As usual, Fall is too quick for me to actually enjoy it.

[–]OfeyDofey 0 points1 point ago

man those leaves really weigh me down

[–]JFoggers 0 points1 point ago

Why won't that tree SIT STILL!

[–]txjdiesel 0 points1 point ago

Savor them. Seasons are a thing of legend in Texas.

[–]fro455 0 points1 point ago

Almost as ever changing as Mitt Romney's view points.

[–]LazyAmerican 0 points1 point ago

LSD

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