Extreme Ice Survey is an ambitious project to capture global warming-induced glacial retreat in the act. Beginning in December 2006, photographer James Balog and his colleagues set up 26 solar-powered cameras at glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, the Alps, and the Rocky Mountains. Each unit will take a photograph every daylight hour until fall 2009. In 2008, Balog's team began to return to each of the camera sites to collect images. In the end, they will have more than 300,000 images to analyze and stitch together to produce more dramatic videos like this one. This kind of multiyear effort, says Balog, is necessary to 'radically alter public perception of the global warming issue.'"
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- JanforGore
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I just watched the video and let me say that I feel that I think that everyone should watch it. It really shows global warming in a way that you just don't see everyday, and makes it understandable. If this doesn't make you want to take action, I don't know what will.
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- googolplexer
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Stunning photographs and project - thank you for posting this work!
