A time-lapse video of Sandy as the storm pummels the city
This is pretty much what time-lapse photography was made for. As Sandy swept toward and then through New York City, a camera on top of 2 Northside Piers was recording the storm's progress. In the video above, the images the camera captured are compiled into a story, speeding and lurching at the same time. It is eery -- particularly when, at exactly one minute in, the lights of Manhattan go out.
Here's a GIF of that moment.
Video by Silas Maniatis via Jalopnik.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/the-moment-the-lights-went-out-in-new-york/264379/
