2012-04-09
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Muybridge is mostly known for his photographs of horses in motion. Above is part of one sequence. These pictures were taken in order to settle the question of whether or not all the horse’s hooves at any time during the trot are off the ground simultaneously. As can be seen here, the answer is yes. But that’s precisely it: it can only be seen because Muybridge has frozen the motion. By animating these pictures, you negate their whole reason for existing: they exist because they allow us to see something we can’t see when the horse is in motion.
The whole post is worth reading. That said, I stand by my posting of an animated gif re-animating the Muybridge photographs, because of the format; there’s something odd about that analogue-digital repurposing split.
There’s also something zoetropic about Google’s presentation that is a nice effect, even if the
2012-03-21
post/19701876639
Eadward Muybridge’s sequence of photos of a horse running, converted into an animated GIF. Via twohundredfiftysixcolors, “a 16mm film that traces the arc of increased complexity and pointed use of the animated gif”.
2012-02-29
post/18483976645
My first animated gif (for about 15 years).
Made with the afore-linked thing.
This is good.
2011-12-22
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dvdp:
Hundreds of pictures of Earth, each taken at about 6AM , showing the terminator - the day/night line - over the course of one year (2010sep-2011sep).
Taken by METEOSAT-9 Earth-observing satellite.
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
Posted for the December solstice.
(Source: universetoday.com)
2011-09-12
post/10140851969
The knight can visit each square on a chess board exactly once.
Knight’s Tour. Knight’s Tour anim:
SVG frames created by using chesstour-svg.ple8 g7 h5 f6 e4 g3 h1 f2 d1 b2 a4 c3 d5 b6 a8 c7 b5 a7 c8 d6 c4 a3 b1 d2 f1 h2 g4 e3 f5 h6 g8 e7 c6 d8 b7 a5 b3 a1 c2 d4 f3 e1 g2 h4 g6 h8 f7 g5 h7 f8 e6 f4 h3 g1 e2 c1 a2 b4 d3 c5 a6 b8 d7 e5
(via notational)
2011-01-15
post/2755035034
Something for the weekend: a documentary about Pixar’s Toy Story zoetrope. As a bonus, there’s a glimpse of the Totoro model that helped inspire it, by Studio Ghibli.
2010-12-15
post/2326912536
![Tilda Swinton, from Orlando. via.
See also: Britta on animated gifs on Metafilter. [Edit: Original, on If We Don’t, Remember Me. I’d make this a reblog but that’d break things.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldhitrnvuA1qz4vjro1_500.gif)
Tilda Swinton, from Orlando. via.
See also: Britta on animated gifs on Metafilter. [Edit: Original, on If We Don’t, Remember Me. I’d make this a reblog but that’d break things.]
2010-09-08
post/1086324005
Asteroid Discovery From 1980 - 2010 by Scott Manley.
This is a view of the solar system showing the locations of all the asteroids starting in 1980, as asteroids are discovered they are added to the map and highlighted white so you can pick out the new ones.
Notice now the pattern of discovery follows the Earth around its orbit, most discoveries are made in the region directly opposite the Sun.
I’m mildly curious as to why there’s a slight offset from being exactly at opposition. Perhaps it’s to do with the best time for observing (I can’t be sure I’ve worked out if the direction corresponds to evening or early morning), or that you have to get two (or more) fixes to establish an orbit.
2010-02-28
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Math, stop-motion and electronica nerds: unite. This song and video rule.
[this is good]
