Albany By Air: An Aerial Tour of Downtown
Lightning strike associated with a line of severe storms passing through Southern Saratoga County, New york on April 9, 2019.
Lightning Strike | April 9, 2019
Albany Skyline Sunrise
Albany Skyline Sunrise
Shooting severe weather is Latham, New York on 07.10.2018
Shooting Storms | July 10, 2018
The Great Fire of 1962 | Reanimated History
In 1862, fire devastated much of Troy, New York. On May 10, 1862, a fire was started by a train steaming out of Union Station as it crossed the Hudson on the wooden Green Island Bridge. The gale force winds that were buffeting Troy that day quickly whipped up a firestorm that would claim the lives of 8 people and burn 75 acres and 650 buildings. The city was forever changed. This is an image of the aftermath of the fire, rebuilt and reconstructed from an albumen stereograph, in it is Union Station and the site of Gurley Instruments as seen from the hill where present-day RPI stands.
Read more in the New York Times, the link includes the Times edition from that day: https://www.nytimes.com/1862/05/12/archives/the-great-fire-in-troy-between-five-and-six-hundred-buildings.html
Albany Capitol Circa 1908 | Reanimated History
The above image is a glass negative of the New York State Legislature and New York State Education Building in Albany, New York from 1908. The bottom is the image restored and rebuilt. Cameras of that time typically didn't have the ability to capture the dynamic range of both the sky and the ground. That's the reason so many images have completely clipped, or blown out skies in so many vintage photos. Check out the trolley tracks running down Washington Avenue. They are really the only giveaway that this isn't present day because of the prevalence of so much timeless architecture.
More updated to Nor'easter Films Reanimated History are on the way.
The Great Flood of 1913
The Great Flood of 1913 occurred between March 23 and March 26, after major rivers in the central and eastern United States flooded from runoff and several days of heavy rain and melt. In Troy, New York, the Hudson River crested at 29.7 feet above flood stage, which is still the highest level ever recorded, far higher than Hurricane Irene. There are no known moving pictures of the flood, this video is built from an image captured on the western shore of the Hudson River where the present-day Congress Street Bridge touches down in Watervliet, New York. Today, you can still find markings on the buildings of Front Street approximating the water level. (Photographer Unknown)
Reanimated History
New from Nor'easter Films, Reanimated History. These manufactured videos are built from historic still images.
The top video is the day the Green Island Bridge collapsed into the Hudson River, March 15, 1977. Video from the time is rare.
The bottom video was built from a hand-cranked panorama of the Troy, New York waterfront and Hudson River on October 7, 1909.
Look for more Reanimated History videos and a larger project coming this Spring.
Valley Fog | Halfmoon, New York
Valley Fog in Halfmoon, New York | September 28, 2017
Upstate New York Sunrise
Sunrise in Halfmoon, New York on September 2, 2017
Rotation and Turbulence | July 17, 2017
Rotation and turbulence associated with a severe-warned thunderstorm in Halfmoon, New York on July 17, 2017.
Storm Sunset | May 20, 2017
Storm sunset in Halfmoon, New York on May 30, 2017.
On-location | Kaaterskill Falls
On-location at the base of Kaaterskill Falls in Palenville, New York.
Mechanicville Flooding | 05.01.2017
Flooding resulting from severe storms in Mechanicville, New York on May 1, 2017
On Location | Burn Zone
On-location in a controlled burn zone, Albany, New York.
Green Sky | April 16, 2017
Green sky and approaching storm in Halfmoon, New York on April 16, 2017
Strong Winds | 03.08.2017
Strong winds ahead of a severe-warned storm on March 8, 2017 in Halfmoon, New York.
Late Day Sun
Sunset | Valley Falls, New York
Video Field Notes | September 8, 2016
Footage form various locations around the Northeast, New York, and New Jersey. Late summer sunlight stitches all these clips together. Summer fading is one of the most visually stunning times of the year in Upstate New York. The color at sunset always seems just a little deeper. The conditions produced by cool mornings and warm afternoons are so beautiful because they are a limited edition, soon to be replaced my the equally beautiful but monotone color palette of winter.
Sustained Lightning Strike | August 13, 2016
Sustained lightning strike in Halfmoon, New York on August 13, 2016.