Beautiful short video of the Big Island

[TomK]

Stunning footage of the Big Island by filmmaker Matt Givot including Kilauea and Mauna Kea; "Hawaii - The Pace of Formation":

https://vimeo.com/202955663

[Amrita]

As always Tom your posts are appreciated. Helps allow the mind to focus on the Joy of our blessed island.

[TomK]

Thank you, Amrita. Your kind words mean a lot to me.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Incredible Tom.

The film displays the remarkable juxtaposition between both natural as well as man-made changes occurring today on Hawaii Island. As the lava flow continues to transform the island adding to what's already here, so do the wind towers, observatories, even the concave shell of a fuel reserve tank. Where life and growth move forward, as the glowing lava pushes further into the sea, the tides inextricably ebb and flow eroding the shoreline, new and old.

Big Island is always in a state of change, and the video link you posted demonstrates those events beautifully.

No child will ever again doubt they could grow up and someday become president of the United States

[terracore]

Thanks for sharing!

If you read the text under the video it says:

"Visit all the locations in this video for yourself in this unique 8k 360 video experience: youtube.com/watch?v=c858UGeCeG4 "

For those that don't know, what they mean by "8k 360 video experience" is poor-man's virtual reality. In order to view it you'll need:

* A smartphone with a decent screen resolution.
* The youtube app loaded on that smart phone.
* Google cardboard or other device to turn the 2 images into VR. (Google cardboard, like the name implies is a cheap thing (as little as a few dollars) you can buy anywhere online, there are even instruction on how to make your own)
* Tap the VR thing to split to 2 images

In the youtube app search for #360 Hawaii - The Pace of Formation

Then you can watch the video with the google cardboard thing with your phone in it held up to your face and view it in 360 degrees (its like you're there, you can look up, down, side-to-side, turn around see behind you etc). This one didn't appear to be shot in 3-D but the 360 was cool anyway.

If you don't have the google cardboard or other visor thing, you can still watch the video on your phone in one image and move around to see the video in 360 so long as you are viewing a #360 video in the YOUTUBE APP.

[SBH]

Very nice, thanks for sharing Tom.