The team over at Dubai 360 shared with us a rather unique view of the world. In the video above, you'll get to watch a full day's revolution of the Earth directly above the Dubai International Airport. You'll see airplanes fly in and soar off, you'll watch them taxi into their various gates and you'll see it all from a spectacular 4K panoramic "little planet" downward view! The team mentions that Terminal 3 actually serves as an hour hand on an imaginary clock with midnight at the top and midday at the bottom, allowing you to know the time of day each frame was taken!
The Dubai 360 team captured the assets for a fully interactive 360 degree panoramic video as well. You can play with that directly at their website! The images were captured with four synchronized Canon 1Dx cameras, each with a Canon 8-15mm f/4 lens attached. They fired off a set of four images every five seconds, totaling over 88,000 photographs in 30 hours. The images were then stitched together using Kolor Autopano Video. This yielded around 22,000 separate panoramas, creating a jaw-dropping eleven and a half minute timelapse experience you can completely immerse yourself within. It's freaking awesome!
Check out other views of Dubai at their website and follow the team on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for more awesomeness sure to come!
[via Dubai 360]
UMMM... it's not 4k if it's on youtube.
Good point. Technically it's just a little under at 3840×2160 as a consumer format on YouTube. 3.8K then...
Holy crap!
No, I was wrong. I had no idea that Youtube even supported 4k. Somewhere along the line, I missed the announcement.
SIDE NOTE: Can you imagine how long it must have taken to upload that video?
Great Job
On the topic of copyright, how did they use this music and get it posted to a major website when there is no way they have the rights to use that song? Really just wondering because that is a constant topic of question for me.
I just assumed it was stock. No clue who the music is by... sounds kinda Enya-ish I guess. They didn't mention that part of the video, so good question!
Okay so it IS Enya from what I read in the comments... lol. Sorry, still no answer about if they're licensing its use or not.
Hi David - the song was officially licensed from the publishers and record label. We listened to hundreds of tracks before deciding that the Enya was perfect for the Little Planet timelapse - have a listen to the lyrics. Kind regards, Gerald.
Great to hear, Gerald! Thanks for chiming in.
Awesome guys! That is so VERY refreshing to hear! I recognized the song and immediately remembered it! Love that you chose it. The video is mindblowing and superbly done my friends!
Great video. One of the best time-lapse video's I have seen in a while. Great job!