“Sailing in the open ocean is a unique feeling and experience. I hope to capture and share it for everyone to see.” – JeffreyHK
If there’s a YouTube video you are going to sit and watch today, this has got to be it! This is a spectacular and very interesting time-lapse that shows a cargo ships journey at sea over a 30 day period. The footage, shot on a Canon D750 with a Rokinon 12mm Lens consists of almost 80 000 photos, a whopping 1500GB in total. Creator, JeffreyHK is a Maritime officer and part time YouTuber, if you are interested in anything relating to life at sea, this is your guy. He has put together a pretty awesome channel, all relating to life on a ship.
For those interested in the route on this particular journey, it included: Red Sea > Gulf of Aden > Indian Ocean > Colombo > Malacca Strait > Singapore > South East China Sea > Hong Kong
0:32 Milky Way
0:53 Sirius Star (I think) Correction: Jupiter the planet according to some viewers
1:17 Approaching Port of Colombo
1:45 Cargo Operation
2:08 Departure Colombo with Rainstorm
2:29 Beautiful Sunrise
3:13 Lightning Storm at Malacca Strait and Singapore Strait
3:29 Clear night sky Milky Way with lightning storm
4:01 Camera getting soaked
5:09 Arrival Singapore
5:56 Departure Singapore
6:20 Moon-lit night sky
6:48 Another Sunrise
8:30 Headed due north and you can see Ursa Major rotating neatly around Polaris.
8:36 Squid Boats
8:54 Chaotic Traffic
9:15 Arrival Hong Kong
If you like this video make sure you head on over to Jeffrey’s YouTube channel, alternatively you can also find him on Instagram!
WoW, pretty awesome! That is a lot of photos!
beautiful… as an ex merchant mariner myself this brought back so many great memories, thanks for posting & sharing