Time-lapse Tuesday: Journey through nature's extremes

Caitlin Stier, video intern

This epic time-lapse takes you on a sweeping tour of nature's dynamic beauty, capturing a blizzard overtaking Monument Valley in Colorado and exquisite views of Yosemite National Park. Created by Henry Jun Wah Lee of Evosia Studios, it was presented last month at the Jane Goodall Live event in Los Angeles, where the primatologist appeared on screens to interact with a theatre audience.

Lee's film was chosen for the screening because, like Goodall, his mission is to reconnect viewers with nature.

"We are trying to raise awareness about the beautiful world we live in and the need to preserve it for future generations," he says. "Just as there are species of animals that may never again roam this planet in the next few generations, there are beautiful landscapes and places that may not be around in twenty or thirty years."?

The opening landscape is set in Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in California, which Lee claims is the most otherworldly place his work has taken him to date.

"At 12,000 feet in the desolate mountains, the sky is so clear you feel swallowed up by the universe," he explains. "You feel so small and insignificant against the billions and billions of stars above you."?

If you enjoyed this video, watch the northern lights dance or explore the harsh extremes of an Antarctic outpost. ?

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