It’s interesting to notice how the different, rich colors affect one’s heart, when watching in full screen, of course.
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival – Flowers Scenery | 4K Nature Relax Video in 3 Parts – Trailer
Category: Fun–or–AMAZING Stuff! Page 6 of 11
BEAUTIFUL & REFRESHING!!!
Filmed in Wales with a Canon 6D and 70D with Samyang 24mm f/1.4, Samyang 50mm f/1.4, and Canon 85mm f/1.8 lenses.
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The Lord’s Prayer: (5/6) ‘Forgive us our sins’
I know Nick, but haven’t seen him for awhile. He’s clearly doing great! At age-58 with Rob Dew in Austin, Texas. Positive solutions!!!
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“Be the light, even in the dark places!”
– Nick Begich
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCFSkaxxpGM
Dr. Nick Begich: How To Break The Zombie Trance
“It’s an old Alaska adage that if you’re stuck on the side of the road, then someone will stop to help. And for a group of tourists on Sunday, that help came from a dogsled team.”
Important point at 1:22:30 — The famous, so-called sightings of Noah’s Ark on the actual mountain of Ararat were false. Mt. Ararat is a volcano that formed years after the flood.
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Findings Confirming the Bible – complete – The Greatest Biblical Archaeology Discoveries of All Time
Magnificent Giant Tree: Sequoia in a Snowstorm | National Geographic
Fuzzy picture, but fascinating talk!
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Wild Trees: Uncharted Canopy Biosphere of Redwoods
What’s hidden among the tallest trees on Earth? – Wendell Oshiro
Blurry footage from NatGeo, but it’s Steve Sillett!
Clip from: “Climbing Redwood Giants,” a 1 hour, NatGeo documentary
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Peter Coyote (narrator): “How do you scale a giant whose lowest branches can be 200 feet off the ground?”
Steve Sillett: “If you’re lucky enough to get up into the crowns of one of these trees, it puts your own insignificant existence in perspective. It makes you realize that there’s something much greater than yourself, so much vaster than you.”
Transcribed by Jeff Fenske
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View from the Treetops | National Geographic
Footage is somewhat blurry, but Steve is the man!
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Steve Sillett, PhD. Sequoia/Redwood Canopy Research, Humboldt State
Gold mine of information! Stephen even explains how they obtained these figures!
My notes below:
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Past, Present and Future of Redwoods: A Redwood Ecology and Climate Symposium by Stephen Sillett – Save the Redwoods League
In the video’s cover image, “DTB” is diameter at top of buttress, and “DBH” is probably diameter at base height.
Ring width declines as trees get older, while rate of wood production increases.
“A tree’s rate of wood production continues to increase with size (e.g., leaf area) until near death.”
GOOD NEWS ON AGING:
“In this complete data set of all of our trees, only two trees have significant negative trends of growth in the last 100 years.” One is in the deepest of shade, and the other is in a swamp.
“The Redwoods, taken as a whole, in the old-growth forests of California, are growing faster now than they did in the past.” Same is true of Sequoias.
“Does a tree’s responsiveness to a changing climate diminish with age? No, regardless of age, tree growth responds to changes in the environment.”
How big are these trees they measured? [@19:40, apparently, these two are slightly less than the two record trees. Stephan says: “they’re actually number two of each, but they’re darn close to being the biggest.”]
WEIGHT – Redwood: 425 tons | Sequoia: 550 tons
VOLUME – Redwood: 1,103 cubic meters | Sequoia: 1512 cubic meters
LEAVES – Redwood: 1.12 billion | Sequoia: 1.94 billion
HEIGHT – Redwood: 115.72 m/380 feet | Sequoia: 96.29 m/316 feet
AGE – Sequoia: 3240 years (>1500 rare) | Redwood: 2500 years (>2500 rare)
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Stephen Sillett FINAL
Avenue of the Giants – Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California
Minute-4: Spectacular, give-God-glory views from above!!!
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Giant Ascent: Chris Sharma Free Climbs Huge Redwood w/ Help of Scientists
This tree is about 3200 years-old and is the 2nd largest tree on earth!
Redwoods get taller though.
How they got the shot!
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Super Trees: Climbing a Giant Sequoia | Nat Geo Live
Redwoods can be 150 feet taller than this giant Sequoia!
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7:25 Slingshot or Crossbow
11:00 View from the canopy!
17:57 Tiny size of a single seed!
18:25 M&M-to-mouth toss record!
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Ground to Crown: Climbing the Giant Sequoia
Some images from above!
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Exploring the Redwood Forest
Experience the Magic of Redwood National Park | Short Film Showcase
4K Scenic Nature Documentary “Beautiful Washington”/Autumn Nature Scenery – Episode 5 in 4K
I love some of the framing, especially after minute-2!
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Winter Lights in Tohoku, Japan 4K (Ultra HD) – 東北の冬
I’ve had the wonderful privilege of being able to see about half of the 130 episodes in high def on TV. It’s a great way to see the world and experience the sailing life; though, I’ve travelled much of the world in real life too.
They show part of the Syria episode here. They had a blast there, finding the people to be very friendly, and the country was very modern, and not a religious state — which many Americans don’t know.
Seeing what the Mossad and CIA have done to Syria since then, by supporting the terrorists to topple Assad, has been very sad for me, knowing they didn’t do anything to US, nor did Assad gas his own people, which was a Mossad/CIA manufactured lie.
And this created much of the refugee crisis too.
This is a great series that is especially nice to watch during our dull, colorless, long winters in Alaska.
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How to make a Million Dollar Sailing Video!
One year of planning, one year of shooting, and four months of post-production is a lot of time to spend on a single timelapse, but photographer Morten Rustad‘s creation SEASONS of NORWAYmakes a good case for the old saying: good things come to those who wait.
Well, maybe “wait” isn’t quite right: more like “hike.” Good things come to those who hike. To capture his 8K masterpiece, Rustand travelled a total of 20,000 Km (not all on foot, but still…) and filled up 20TB worth of hard drive space with 200,000 photos from his Sony A7r II, Sony A7s, Panasonic GH4, and Canon 5D Mark III.
It was, in short, a mammoth undertaking that set Rustand in front of some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth—all of them, as it happens, in Norway. (PetaPixel)
SEASONS of NORWAY – A Time-Lapse Adventure in 8K
I watched much of the conference, especially the worship sessions. Much of this is so so, but the end is wonderful!
From the last worship session at IHOP’s OneThing 2016, New Year’s Eve.
The song, “In Jesus Name” @ 1:37:05 is HOT HOT HOT!!!
I need to learn this song! Full lyrics below video. Cue it up to 1:37:05!
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God is fighting for us, pushing back the darkness
Lighting up the kingdom that cannot be shaken
In the name of Jesus, enemy’s defeated
And we will shout it out, shout it out
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New Year countdown @ 1:35:30
In Jesus Name @ 1:37:05
RED HOT @ 1:39:55!!!
Happy New Year Onething 2016 with David Forlu, Jaye Thomas, and Chris Tofilon
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In Jesus’ Name
Songwriters: Israel Houghton & Darlene Zschech
God is fighting for us, God is on our side
He has overcome, yes He has overcome
We will not be shaken, we will not be moved
Jesus, You are here
Carrying our burdens, covering our shame
He has overcome, yes He has overcome
We will not be shaken, we will not be moved
Jesus, You are here
I will live, I will not die
The resurrection power of Christ
Alive in me and I am free in Jesus name
I will live, I will not die
I will declare and lift You high
Christ revealed and I am healed in Jesus name
God is fighting for us, pushing back the darkness
Lighting up the kingdom that cannot be shaken
In the name of Jesus, enemy’s defeated
And we will shout it out, shout it out
Compare to these faked photos:
Comments in the PetaPixel’s article of the same shot gives two conflicting explanations of who shot it, but it definitely is a stitched image of dozens of separate photos:
Gear used and photographer:
Canon 5DSr + 70-200 2.8L mounted on a Nodal Ninja M2 pano head and shot by hand. Supposedly shot at both 70mm and 200mm. The photographer is Tomasz Misiewicz and he did a great job in a very challenging situation. When you compare this to the previously published gigapixels from 2013 (shot by Toni Sandys) and the first one in 2009 (shot by by David Bergman) you can see how the quality of the gear, the technique and vantage point have all improved exponentially.
Alternative story:
Jim Bourg, the Washington DC Reuters photo editor sez it was shot at 12:01pm by Reuters photographer Lucas Jackson.
Was definitely stitched:
I’m curious what was used to make it. I found a guy with a seam down the middle of his face and movement so multiple shots over a period of time “Landscape Stitching” style. But the resolution is amazing.
Use your mouse to move around, zoom in HERE.
Rock Skipping Alaska Style! You gotta hear these crazy sounds!
I’ve driven through the Chandelier Tree shown in parts of this short video, but this is not the one explained in this story, which is the Pioneer Cabin Tree in Calaveras Big Tree State Park.
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California’s iconic ‘drive-thru’ tree succumbs to storm
Makes me cry too; even though, I’ve seen it before.
POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus – Must See!
I talked with a lady who plays an organ with pedals. I thought I’d look into how the pedals operate. WoW!!!
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Flight of the Bumblebee on pedals by Dr. Carol Williams
Fawn & Hummingbird in my Garden
Interesting to see how it’s done nowadays:
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The Making of B&G Little Sister | B&G Handmade Guitars
