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Seeing is Believing: The Extreme Ice Survey
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Feb 19, 2008 from 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm |
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| Where | OMSI Audutorium - 1945 SE Water Avenue |
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With cameras programmed to shoot once an hour, every hour of daylight, until late summer 2009, James Balog is compiling evidence to reveal the startling speed with which climate change is transforming the earth.
National Geographic Photojournalist James Balog
Special Event: Free and Open to the Public
Two years. 27 cameras. 300,000 images. A world of glacial change in photographs and video.
Vanishing glaciers are the most visually dramatic signs of climate change, an event of epochal geological significance happening in our own time. Using 27 time-lapse camera units placed near 15 glaciers across the northern hemisphere, internationally acclaimed nature photojournalist, James Balog is producing 300,000 images over the course of two years, capturing glacial melt as never before.
With cameras programmed to shoot once an hour, every hour of daylight, until late summer 2009, Balog is compiling evidence to reveal the startling speed with which climate change is transforming the earth.
Established in December 2006 by James Balog, the Extreme Ice Survey team includes distinguished scientists, cinematographers, engineers, and computer specialists. The placement and continuous operation of the cameras is, like much of Balog’s work, a delicate combination of art and science.
Learn more about the Extreme Ice Survey.