Category Archives: Travel
Walking Tours: Saint Petersburg, Russia (Video)
St. Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, subject of the city’s iconic “Bronze Horseman” statue. It remains Russia’s cultural center, with venues such as the Mariinsky Theatre hosting opera and ballet, and the State Russian Museum showcasing Russian art, from Orthodox icon paintings to Kandinsky works.
Travel: Christmas Lights In Linz, Austria (Video)
Christmas Lights Linz, Austria 4K UHD.
Linz is a city in Upper Austria, straddling the Danube River midway between Salzburg and Vienna. Baroque buildings, including Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) and the old cathedral or Alter Dom, ring Hauptplatz, the old town’s main square. The riverside Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz has a major modern art collection. Across the river, the striking Ars Electronica Center focuses on society, technology and life in the future.
Road Trips: Three Days On Highway 50 In Nevada – ‘Loneliest Road In America’
Highway 50, through Northern Nevada, was named the loneliest road in America by Life Magazine. Since then, it has become an unofficial tourist attraction in the state and a fun road trip if you are looking to experience Nevada’s raw beauty. This drive follows the old Pony Express route and the Lincoln Highway as it traverses across the state. My dad and I set out to drive the route over 3 days, and here is our road trip that includes ghost towns, rail yards, ancient trees, and haunted hotels.
Video timeline: — 0:00 – Intro 1:16 – Day 1 – Carson City 4:05 – Day 2 – Carson City to Eureka 27:21 – Day 3 Eureka to Great Basin 46:49 – Outro
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Timelapse Travel: ‘Nippon 12k’ – Discovering Japan
This is a timelapse film that depicts various parts of Japan in 12K (11520×6480 resolution). In order to achieve 12K resolution, we used various shooting methods, new workflows, and a lot of trial and error, and it took a long time to produce the film.
But even more than that, the COVID-19 made timelapse photography extremely difficult. 8K is the highest resolution, but the so-called “oversampling effect” made I feel that 12K images can be expressed in higher resolution. Although 12K is not yet an official standard, we will continue to work on further visualization as a new visual expression.
America’s National Parks: ‘Yellowstone’ – National Geographic (Video)
Few places are as special and unique as Yellowstone National Park – the world’s first national park. A wilderness jewel of vast forests and wide-open valleys, home to large bison herds, wolf packs, and grizzly bears. It sits atop one of the world’s largest super volcanoes, giving rise to such iconic geothermal features as Old Faithful geyser and the Grand Prismatic Spring.
Arctic Wildlife: ‘Polar Bears & Climate Change’
Between 1870 and 1973, the entire polar bear population of Svalbard was almost eradicated through hunting—almost 30,000 were killed. Today, polar bear numbers are climbing, but they face a new threat: climate change. And with the Arctic warming at a rate that’s twice as fast as elsewhere, the situation is becoming critical.
Winter Travel: Cross-Country Skiing Through France’s Jura Mountains
The white blanket of France’s eastern Jura Mountains stretches out for 340 kilometres along the Swiss border. Trekking across this wilderness is an unforgettable journey. We follow a small group of cross-country skiers for a three-day hike through pine trees, frozen lakes, gentle slopes and sunny peaks. At night we stop off at a chalet to sample rösti, a local Jura specialty. At the Franco-Swiss border, we discover a passage where Resistance fighters and Jews risked their lives to flee occupied France between 1941 and 1945.
Walking Tour: Christmas Lights Up In Galeries Lafayette, Paris (Video)
Christmas lights in Paris 2020. Every year, Paris is covered in lights with beautiful Christmas lightings. In this video, A walking tour around Galeries Lafayette , Christmas lightings around this area despite coronavirus and lockdown. The Lafayette galleries are and always will be an emblem of Parisian shopping. With its large glass dome, beautiful decorations and toys, fashion accessories, luxury items of all kinds or a lot of clothing, this store has become a monument in its own right and continues to amaze and enchant its visitors.
Culture: Merchant Town Of Omi-Hachiman, Japan
Sail through the network of canals winding their way through Omi-hachiman, a once bustling castle town overlooking Lake Biwa. Retrace the steps of the past surrounded by a unique amalgamation of European and feudal Japanese architecture combined with carefully-preserved historic townscapes.
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