time-lapse

Sunset time-lapse video Mung bean seeds germinating, a 10-day time-lapse in roughly 1 minute Ten minute time-lapse video of the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, in Mazatlán, Mexico The ALMA time-lapse of the night sky Blossoming geraniums; two hours are compressed into a few seconds. Drosera capensis eating a fruit fly

Time-lapse photography is a technique that causes the time of videos to appear to be moving faster than normal and thus lapsing. To achieve the effect, the frequency at which film frames are captured (the frame rate) is much lower than the frequency used to view the sequence. For example, an image of a scene may be captured at 1 frame per second but then played back at 30 frames per second; the result is an apparent 30 times speed increase.