Or watch a video showing how it’s done? In previous posts, I’ve talked about how time-lapse videos are compelling and also how to make them with your Smartphone. There are so many phenomena that cannot be appreciated except with time-lapse techniques. Here are two more examples of time-lapse movies, which are not only fun to watch but also contribute to a better understanding of the processes being filmed.

The first shows a crab molting. Apparently, it takes a few days for the entire process, which makes it a good candidate for the time-lapse approach.

The second video is of the patterns that sand bubbler crabs make. I really like this one. I’ve seen these patterns along sandy shorelines and knew they were caused by a burrowing organism, but the process is so slow that the casual observer rarely takes notice. I particularly like how the video creator has compiled a variety of views shot from different perspectives of the process.