What happens when you put a pig carcass at the bottom of the ocean?  If you’ve ever wondered, check out this video created by Jackson Chu.  As you may know, pigs are used in forensic research as models for humans and in this study are helping scientists understand what happens to bodies that end up in the ocean.  The video is a time-lapse of the consumption and decay of the pig over several days.

The video by Chu is mainly the raw footage with a minimal text description marking the passage of time.  With a little effort, it could have been turned into a really nice video explaining the process of decay and how the work will aid criminologists.

A time-lapse also can be created with graphics, as in this next video showing all 2,053 nuclear explosions since 1945 on a world map:

Not all time-lapse deals with destruction, death and decay.  Here is one that shows the changes of a single oak tree over the course of a year:

One of the most entertaining types of science video involves time-lapse.  If you study a process that lends itself to time-lapse photography, you might want to consider using this approach for one of your videos.  Besides providing important information about change, it makes for fascinating viewing.