The **Public Lab Timelapse Kit**: fight polluters by catching them on film! _Above image via @glennwalquist -- [read more](/notes/glennwalquist/12-04-2016/monitoring-sargent-sand-mining-operation-in-ludington-michigan#c16131)_ A number of folks are working across the Public Lab network to set up cheap #timelapse cameras. Help out and hold polluters accountable! ## How it works It doesn't completely -- yet! We're testing this approach in a few places around the country, and looking to prove it out more. But the basic idea is to point a timelapse camera at a place where you hope to catch pollution happening, to collect evidence and to pressure them to stop. [](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/019/690/original/Screen_Shot_2017-02-28_at_2.34.17_PM.png) (above, timelapse of [blasting at a mountaintop removal site](/notes/LauraChipley/09-18-2015/hacking-trail-cameras-to-document-blasts-on-mountaintop-removal-sites#c16250) via @LauraChipley) This could be used at: * refineries * mine sites * industrial facilities * anywhere you can safely place the camera ## How to help We're collecting well-documented examples of this technique in action, and we need: * great photos of camera setups * example footage * easy instructions on how to share your images ## Questions [questions:timelapse] **** ## Try it out We're organizing meet-ups to assemble kits, test them out, document and install them, so that lots of people have a chance to learn how to do this and spread the word. The basic kit is based on: > $103 (with 16g SD card) [Crenova Trail Camera](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016OASTDY/) - 12 megapixel, 8 AA batteries (note that it's actually 5 megapixels, but it stretches images up to 12, unfortunately) Get in touch (jeff@publiclab.org) to organize a local group to assemble, document, and test, and report back how it goes. **** ## Activities [activities:timelapse] **** **Flyer handouts:** timelapse-kit-card.pdf and 4-up version for printing: timelapse-kit-card-4up.pdf **** [](https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/019/546/original/tmp_15415-IMG_20170214_121228_354-1789056372.jpg) (Above, prototype box mock-up) ...
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| mathew | "Sorry, its been on my todo for a while. I don't really know how to copy the image properly. " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi Mat - any chance we could get an SD card image? " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Very nice progress and results. " | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Amazing, great to see this! Do you think you could make a disk image of your SD card to share? I'd love to contribute to the script. Maybe we could..." | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, Chris - i copied this down from YouTube but the version I got was a bit pixellated. Any way you could post the original so we can reduce copyin..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| donblair | "This is AMAZING. Am I seeing changes in individual plant photosynthesis levels when it passes in and out of shadow, or am I projecting? Really go..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "this will go great with a bit of Philip Glass-style sountrack... :-) " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Here is the one I got for Rosco and also a test to see if Jeff has implemented markdown in note comments. This one mimics two AA batteries and sho..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| donblair | "GORGEOUS. Do you have a link to those AC adapters that fit in the battery compartment? Any idea what models of Canons they'd fit? Brilliant find...." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Nice! i find my beans won't twine around poles that are smooth, they'll only twine around the textured bark of sticks or rope, preferably manila or..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago |