I set up my Samsung R10 camera on my deck overlooking the Mississippi River yesterday. The view is looking upriver towards St. Louis. It was recording in time lapse mode from about 9:40 am until almost 5 pm. The camera took one frame every 3 seconds. So here is about 7 hours of river traffic in about 5 minutes. There was quite a bit of barge traffic and a few small boats. In the lower right hand corner you can sometimes see a dredge, which moves sand and sediment from the bottom of shallow areas to create a deeper channel for the barges. They stop near my house from time to time and sometimes spend all day in the same place.
You can also see some interesting cloud formations. It was just a beautiful day here. A nice breeze with a high in the low 80’s. It wasn’t nearly as breezy as it might appear in the video.
