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Time-Lapse Tour: Da Nang Fireworks Competition

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Published on Dec 11, 2014/20 views

A time-lapse look at the international fireworks competition in Da Nang, Vietnam, 2013, shot by Robert Whitworth [http://www.robwhitworth.co.uk/], a participant in Britannica’s “Project Time-Lapse [http://corporate.britannica.com/proje…].”

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Time-Lapse Tour: Blossoming of an Iris

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A time-lapse look at the blossoming of an Iris, shot by the Emmy Award-winning cameraman Neil Bromhall [https://twitter.com/nbromhall], a participant in Britannica’s “Project Time-Lapse [http://corporate.britannica.com/proje…].”

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