time-lapse
adjective
: of, relating to, or constituting a movie or video made so that when shown an action (such as the opening of a flower bud or the flow of traffic) appears to be sped up
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This unique telescope is using the world’s largest digital camera to scan the entire southern sky every few nights, assembling what will become the most lavishly detailed time-lapse of the cosmos humanity has ever envisioned.
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Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
By taking a comprehensive time-lapse of the sky over the Southern Hemisphere, the telescope will create an open dataset of unprecedented scale and detail for astronomers — and for the public — to zoom in on for further investigation.
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Miriam Waldvogel,
Washington Post,
30 June 2026
The novels are a time-lapse panorama of a metropolis perpetually reshaped by its inhabitants.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Nature landscapes have vivid and well-balanced colors, and that mode preserves highlights and shadow details very well across time-lapse sequences.
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Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
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Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
By taking a comprehensive time-lapse of the sky over the Southern Hemisphere, the telescope will create an open dataset of unprecedented scale and detail for astronomers — and for the public — to zoom in on for further investigation.
—
Miriam Waldvogel,
Washington Post,
30 June 2026
The novels are a time-lapse panorama of a metropolis perpetually reshaped by its inhabitants.
—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Nature landscapes have vivid and well-balanced colors, and that mode preserves highlights and shadow details very well across time-lapse sequences.
—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
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“Time-lapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time-lapse. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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