Time Maps Gallery

Nearly any function can be devised to map points in the image to points in time. Below you can view just a few of the possibilities.

Things to look for:
  • You'll notice a white streak in the upper-left corner of some of these Time Maps -- that's the moon descending before dawn.


3 hour centerfold Time Map
3 hour time span, centerfold Time Map
Click for 2.5MB QuickTime movie
 1 hour centerfold Time Map
1 hour time span, centerfold Time Map
Click for 2.5MB QuickTime movie
Tree ring Time Map
Radial (tree ring) Time Map
Click for 1.0MB QuickTime movie
 3 hour horizontal Time Map
3 hour time span, horizontal Time Map
Click for 2.5MB QuickTime movie
6 hour vertical Time Map
6 hour time span, vertical Time Map
Click for 2.5MB QuickTime movie
Source images copyright 2004, Cornell University. Used with permission.
All other images, movies, and content copyright 2004, Michael Terry.
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