Timelapse of the Lake Express high speed ferry making its annual voyage from its Milwaukee terminal to the site of its winter layup in the Menomonee River Valley - Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A few visible landmarks and points of interest along the way include:
- Milwaukee skyline with Milwaukee Art Museum
- The Daniel Hoan Memorial Bridge
- Henry Maier Festival Park - home to Summerfest
- Milwaukee's Third Ward
- Milwaukee's downtown post office
- Amtrak rail departure bound for Chicago
- the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Museum
- Santiago Calatrava designed 6th Street viaduct
- Former site of Sprecher Brewing (crest visible on stacks)
- Milwaukee high rise / Marquette Interchange
- Coal barges bound for Milwaukee's power plant.
- The Potawatomi Casino torch
Lake Express began service in 2004 as the first high speed auto and passenger ferry to operate between US ports. It has completed more than 5,000 Lake Michigan crossings between Milwaukee, WI and Muskegon, MI and has carried more than 600,000 since its inaugural voyage June 1, 2004.
Timelapse created from 1,583 still photos taken with a Canon Digital Rebel XTi and a modified TC-80NC timer controller. Shots were taken 2 seconds apart over the course of roughly 53 minutes.
Batch retouched in Photoshop and assembled with Adobe Premiere Elements, 3 frames per photo; effectively 10fps.
Music is by the Declining Winter (remix by Fieldhead). For More info see: http://www.last.fm/music/Fieldhead and http://www.last.fm/music/The+Declining+Winter
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