Tonight, a short time-lapse film showing the breathtaking beauty of the natural wonders in our own backyard: Here’s Mountains In Motion: The Canadian Rockies.
Well worth your time.
h/t Robert W.
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This is kinda neat: Worldwide Twitter activity in real-time.
h/t
This France 2 affair was one of the first things I saw on the internet that made me realize how badly manipulated I was by the MSM – and my first step toward blogsphere freedom:
http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1587/truth-on-trial
via BCF: http://www.blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2013/02/truth-on-trial.html
Wow, just wow!
Takes a lot to bring tears to my eyes, but this one did it. Thanks so much Robert for sharing this beautiful look at our wonderful mountain parks. So many familiar places, but seen in a totally different light. The starlight night lapses are particularly intriguing.
Here is a Photosynth view of Peyto Lake – the first lake featured in the video. Taken last summer.
Peyto Lake and surroundings
Press the F11 key to set your browser to full screen, then click anywhere on the image and press the ‘F’ key to go to ‘full’ view. Scroll in and out with the mouse wheel, click and drag on the image to see hidden features.
Ya seen one mountain, ya seen ’em all. Just a area of ground not good for much of anything.
I agree, well worth your time.
YES, thanks Robert/EBD for the sublime time-lapse photography of the Rockies.
And wasn’t the soundtrack superb too?!
They even want to charge to drive through that area of uselessness they call a ‘park’. Duh, it’s a ‘park’ because it’s no damn good for anything. Why would I want to pay to look at something that’s no damn good for anything?
Even the animals have been turned on to welfare, being protected by herds of silly sandal wearing leftist types who think they’re in touch with nature.
At least they could have put some logging pictures in, something useful…silly me, this is shot in ‘parks’, monuments to uselessness.
Russian-Dominican-New Jersey-Miami Rule 5 You don’t expect him to fly coach?
that area of uselessness they call a ‘park’. Duh, it’s a ‘park’ because it’s no damn good for anything…. ‘parks’, monuments to uselessness. Posted by: stradivarious
Stay in your city, if found wandering in the wilderness you’ll be fed to the bears.
The opposite of a ‘park’ isn’t a city. Duh, that was the point that went, whoosh, over your head.
Separated at Birth: Bob Menendez and …?
Tip for watching ‘Mountains in Motion’: start it up, then press pause. Let it buffer for at least two minutes; more would be better.
Even at that I found it jerky on my computer. No attempt had been made to smooth the time-lapse. Or maybe it’s just my computer.
Incorporating the diary/field notes was a great idea.
But if I can, and I probably can not, I’ll try to find a 30+ second Alberta Tourism commercial that I find much, much more wonderful. It dates from the early ’70s, I think, and has on screen Franz Russell, a fairly well-known Canadian character actor of the time. I found out later that the director/cameraman was Paul Rockett, something of a genius with a camera. 5jxu
I’m off to start hunting for it.
Re: Time Lapse video.
Overrated.
” … the director/cameraman was Paul Rockett, something of a genius with a camera.”
‘Neighbour of mine a long time ago. He was a womanizer but I guess that goes along with being a director and cameraman!
The Rats have surfaced.
H/T National Socialism and its other brother Commy.
Say Hi! to Adolf, Joe, Suzy, Lizard, Citoyen MulcairBloc, Mao Stlong’s nephew, et al.
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“Chilling Video: Thousands of Neo-Nazis March Through Athens”
http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/
You like AGW rare? You want cold colder? You need “MORE SNOW”?
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“Rare thundersnow phenomenon wakes shivering Britons from their slumber as the country is braced for the return of MORE SNOW and gales”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273263/UK-weather-Rare-thundersnow-phenomenon-wakes-Britons-country-braced-return-MORE-SNOW-gales.html
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“Colder wintry weather is returning to Denmark.”
“The above-zero temperatures of the past few days are soon a thing of the past, according to the Met Office.”
http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1888457/back-to-the-cold-weather/
Mohammed hates WINTER. His misses also hates winter.
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“Report: Gunman fires at Danish anti-Islam writer, misses
Montreal Gazette – 1 hour ago
COPENHAGEN – Danish media are reporting that an unknown gunman has tried to shoot a Danish writer and historian who is a prominent critic of Islam.”
Dawn comes early out there*.
Jamie MacMaster: “Now that the province is a smoking hulk,”.
“One has to wonder how things would have played out in McGuinty’s Ontario if someone/anyone would have ‘investigated’ the waste of time and taxpayer money going into windmills.”
bluetech
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“Worse than California”
“‘I do not want Ontario to become like California,” Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan once proclaimed. And it’s not hard to understand why — California is a fiscal nightmare. It has the lowest bond rating in the United States and its own treasurer, Bill Lockyer, referred to the state budget as “a fiscal train wreck.”
Yet, despite all that is said about California’s finances in the media and financial markets, Ontario is in much worse shape.”
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2013/02/04/worse-than-california/
*H/T Yogi
Another Canadian involved in a terrorist attack?
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/suspects-in-bulgaria-tour-bus-bombing-include-canadian-official-1.1143546
I’m guessing Canadian of convenience, just like the Khadr family.
And why haven’t heard any more about the ‘so called Canadians’ involved in the Algerian terrorist attack?
Would someone please get John Baird and Jason Kenney to answer some questions for us!
How many immigrants return to their Arab/eastern land after they become “Canadian citizens”?
Death of a socialist eco-warmista/AGW/politician’s career.
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“Profile: Chris Huhne, the millionaire windfarm advocate who hankered to lead his party”
“He gained a positive reputation for much of his work to push the green agenda – including achieving modest progress in ”anarchic” global climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico.
He was a passionate advocate of windfarms, calling opponents to wind power “short-termists, arm-chair engineers, curmudgeons and faultfinders”.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/9846992/Profile-Chris-Huhne-the-millionaire-windfarm-advocate-who-hankered-to-lead-his-party.html
My Alberta immigrant Ukrainian grandmother took this exact attitude to the Rocky Mountains. You couldn’t farm them, so she didn’t see the point to them and thought they were in the way.
Yeah, can’t even build a pipeline through the damn things without getting the nature worshipers all bent out of shape.
Even if there was a leak it wouldn’t hurt anything. There’s nothing useful there to hurt.
Just wow. Thank you.
Lots of familiar territory there, most of which I’ll never see again.
Thanks for the Peyto Lake link, Foobert!
Those who don’t enjoy nature are already punishing themselves, they will never know it.
Just like the unbelieving souls who will spend eternity separated from God, never knowing that it’s their personal hell.
That was kindof nice, closest I have been to real mountains was in Wyoming’s Wind River Range at about 6,000 feet. I left Louisi-Yana at 4:30 AM flew to Utah, drove to Green River by 1:00 PM then headed to the East side range of the Wind River, rode snowmobiles up the mountain trails for a cookout, arrived around 4:00 PM. Hell I thought I was high then. It was 92 degrees in Louisi-Yana and 14 degrees in Wyoming, my redneck arse would have froze if it had not been for Seagram’s 7.
Like a Stradivarious is just another wooden box
Att: All Dog Walkers/Owners. ‘Nother left-liberal shakedown/control job.
It’s for the puppies’ owners.
Our Enemy, The State is no longer entitled to its first bite.
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“All dogs will now be microchipped, the Government says”
“All puppies will now have to be microchipped to make it easier to trace the owners of dangerous dogs.”
“There have been growing calls for the Government to take action amid concern from animal charities about dangerous dogs being used as weapons and status symbols.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9851317/All-dogs-will-now-be-microchipped-the-Government-says.html
Just as suspected, dual ‘citizenship’ for the “Canadian” terrorist in Bulgaria.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/bulgaria-bus-bombing-suspect-is-canadian-dual-national-baird-1.1143546
Mr. Kenney, can we please stop handing out citizenships papers from a bubblgum machine?
There’s nothing useful there to hurt.
Good example of that when you look in the mirror, now give yourself slaps upside the head till you gain some sense.
There is a very healthy tourism industry that makes millions showing the world our protected areas in parks. Europe destroyed their natural areas and now they pay big bucks to come see ours. Only a fool wouldn’t see the economic benefits of that.
Of course you can’t understand that can you?