Time Lapse: From Pinecone to Pine Tree in 110 Seconds
Watch a stone pine grow from a seed harvested from a pinecone into a small tree, a 2-year growth period compressed into just 110 seconds through the ✨magic✨ of time lapse photography. Don’t you snicker…it is magic! Its invention in the 1870s made it possible to observe, study, and appreciate objects and events in entirely new ways — it’s literal time travel.
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That is mesmerizing, and the music pops at just the right moment! Thanks!
I've never seen a tiny, baby pine tree before, you usually don't spot them until they are about a foot to 2 feet tall. It makes me want to plant my own pinecone seed just to watch that first year of growth.
Not me sitting in my classroom yelling THAT IS CRAZY every three seconds. Nature, man; I don't know.
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