Great Lakes Storm of 2010 - Ludington Harbor, with music by Timothy Wenzel timbuckyball 2026-09-21 | Great Lakes Storm of 2010 - Ludington Harbor, with music by Timothy Wenzel
March 23, 2023 G4 Aurora Time Lapse: The Day the Sun Invaded the earth #mlivetv timbuckyball 2023-03-25 | As observed in Midland MI. It was G3 througout this video, whis is naked eye spectacular, with goblins being thrown out of the main display and crossing the entire N-S horizon in 5 seconds. Considering these bogeymen are in the ionosphere, the actual speed must be incredible. My hypothesis is that the magnetic lines of force were so tortured and torn that a magnetic field gradient of great magnitude formed and the ionized atoms were ejected and followed this gradient. Best naked eye aurora I ever saw, covering nearly the entire sky with twisted and strange glowing images. Right as the clouds came in NOAA officially declared it a G4 storm based on magnetometer data but alas I stuck under total cloud cover. G5 is the highest storm strength by the way so G4 is rare and phenomenal.However Kp/G is a average of the previouse three hours magnetometer data so I can factually say this was a video of a G4 storm.Also note the diagonal tilt at times. This is due to tilting of the NS magnetic field of the earth caused by the enormous magnetic field carried by the plasma impact. Compass reading will change and GPS devices will be affected. Drone owners are wary of flying during a storm.
Aurora Midland MI AM of Mar 15 2023 Time Lapse timbuckyball 2023-03-21 | Filmed continuously from 1 AM to 5 AM EDT, ISO 3200, 8 sec exposures. Time lapse is 10 fps. Note the satellite swarm becoming visible as the sun hits them in the east (right side).
Great Blizzard and Gale on Lake Michigan 2/23/2022 timbuckyball 2022-12-23 | Taken from the live webcam on the South Haven MI lighthouse
Want to see what 60 mph winds look like on Lake Michigan? These winds are storm-force, not gales. timbuckyball 2022-12-10 | Ludington MI Nov 5, 2022. Offshore storm-force winds exceeding 70 mph were suddenly pushed ashore by a strong cold front. Onshore winds immediately hit 60 mph (NWS verified) and flattened the huge waves into a hurricane of mist. I was hiding almost inside my hatchback car pointed into the wind but still I could not stop camera shake so I had to wait a bit for the blast to abate. Still there was camera shake, hence the post-processing artifacts you see, but it gives you a good idea of an angry Lake Michigan.
10 29 22 aurora time lapse timbuckyball 2022-10-29 | Hope Michigan 2:00 - 3:30 AM, shooting about three sets of contiguous shots
Aurora 10 2 22 Midland MI timbuckyball 2022-10-03 | Started shooting 8:30 PM but after 30 minutes started to fade and went into the death grip after 1 hr
Possible Supercell / Rotating Storm 8 28 22 Midland MI Time Lapse timbuckyball 2022-08-29 | Near Hope MI, moving NNE near 6:30 PM
Wave hit on Ludington Michigan Lighthouse timbuckyball 2022-08-13 | Nov 1 2020 gale force winds on Lake Michigan
Ludington MI sub-gale waves 4-14-22 subsequent stills for one wave hit timbuckyball 2022-04-14 | 8 shots/second, 400 mm lens
Ludington Harbor MI Drone Footage on a (sub-gale) Windy Day timbuckyball 2022-04-14 | Gale forming this afternoon. Flew in sub-gale SW winds this AM to capture wave characteristics. Ground wind speed 16-20 mph. Gale forecast for this afternoon so subsequent flights will not be possible.
Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise timbuckyball 2022-04-06 | over Saginaw Bay Lake Huron. Time lapse June 10, 2021Such an event can only be observed without eye or lens protection at sunrise or sunset
Waves vs Lighthouse #shorts timbuckyball 2022-04-06 | Excerpts from a gale on Lake Michigan at Ludington MI 11-1-20
Torpedo Rocket Under the Ice (dont miss this!) timbuckyball 2022-03-26 | the most powerful rocket from China (available to those in the know) is fired under the ice, parallel to the surface. Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead. You will LOVE this! Share it :-)
Edge of the Saginaw Bay Ice Shelf by Drone timbuckyball 2022-03-01 | Flying back to shore at Singing Bridge MI
Winter Rally Cross Race with my Nephew and Me timbuckyball 2022-01-17 | Crystal Springs Raceway Michigan 1/15/22 Winter Rally Cross Race
Rapid Fire Stills of Wave Hits during Grand Haven Gale 12-6-21 timbuckyball 2021-12-08 | Bursts of stills converted into a 30 sec clip
Slow-motion Gale Clips @ Grand Haven MI 12-6-21 timbuckyball 2021-12-07 | Filmed at 120 FPS and presented at 1/4 speed. Winds gusting to more than 50 mph (measured 42 mph by hand anemometer in a single 30 sec sample), W veering WNW towards noon. Note the violence of the waves; not just near the primary lighthouse but along the pier and beyond.What else do you find interesting? Can gulls really fly faster than 50 mph? Without flapping their wings? Think about this...Photo conditions were less than ideal, wind in face, sand, some sleet, bright horizon and dark foreground all conspired to create poor stills. The dynamics in the video however are still observable so I spent about half my shooting time on video.
Ludington gale 11 24 21B - 1/4 speed timbuckyball 2021-11-25 | S gale, S breakwater of Ludington harbor 11-24-21
11 21 2021 Aurora Time Lapse Midland MI timbuckyball 2021-11-04 | Smothered in clouds but it was a G3 at times darn. Midland MI 3-4 AM (the only partial window in the cloud cover).
Tornado-warned thunderstorm cells as filmed by drone timbuckyball 2021-09-09 | Midland, MI, 9-7-211) normal pan2) time-lapse of line coming3) oops - hairy landing - look at the trees bending!Mavic Pro 2
Partial Solar Eclipse at Sunrise over Saginaw Bay / Lake Huron - time lapse June 10, 2021 timbuckyball 2021-06-11 | A series of photos were taken starting before sunrise and ending with the partially-eclipsed sun fully above the fog bank on the horizon. Weather cooperated, having changed from the previously-forecast cloudy and foggy morning. Taken at Linwood Michigan.
Springtime Ludington MI Shipwreck Search by Drone timbuckyball 2021-04-03 | After the storms of winter, long-lost shipwrecks can sometimes be uncovered and spotted by drone the following spring. Water clarity is also at its best.de wfg
Ice Conditions Saginaw Bay at Linwood 3 6 21 Drone View timbuckyball 2021-03-06 | Initial flight direction traveling E from Linwood parking lot at 1 PM.Estimate open water out 2 miles.
Pt Au Gres Ice Mar 3 2021 Drone Video timbuckyball 2021-03-04 | 1) Launch from boardwalk, 2) launch from end of Booth Rd.Raw video, skip around as you see fit.
Linwood MI Ice Conditions 2-7-21 Drone Footage timbuckyball 2021-02-07 | Taken about 1 PM. If you have suggestions as to how to make these more useful please let me know.
Drone View Saginaw Bay 02/02/21 timbuckyball 2021-02-02 | Kept within 2000' of Linwood parking lot today - N wind limited range. Video mostly straight off Linwood. Tomorrow Pinny I hope. Notice wind-rippled open water, a few people out there fishing mostly to the north of Linwood. Non-video shots posted in Facebook.
Saginaw Bay Ice at Linwood January 27, 2021 1PM Drone View timbuckyball 2021-01-27 | Flew straight east from the Linwood parking lot, altitude 200-400' depending. North wind draining battery faster than usual. Lost signal xxx' from shore, recovery was tricky, battery plummeting managed to recover signal and head straight west. Got to shore just in time. Man drones are fun; sometimes. Equipment: DJI Phantom 3 Advanced, 12 MP camera.
Saginaw Bay Ice at Linwood 1/7/21 Drone View timbuckyball 2021-01-08 | Strange and fascinating shapes and formations. I am thinking about flying to the same spots every day to see how they change.Anyway, this is intended to guide the fishermen (and women). I have no idea what the ice is telling me but you guys probably know instantly, like thickness, odd markings (like the skating rink (?) with all those 90˚ turns). Hey I think I saw snowshoe tracks too? I noted on video. Discussion welcome!Equipment: DJI Phantom 3 advanced, movie rendered 2x actual speed to avoid boredom - use YouTube controls if you want it slower. Please excuse the two interruptions: I lost the control signal for 30 seconds at one point (recovered just in time!!) and then the battery died more quickly than it should have, hence the beeline for home.
Ludington MI Parking Lot / Car Wash during Nov 15 2020 storm #short timbuckyball 2020-11-16 | I was trying to film the light house by standing downwind of my car and shooting through partly-open front windows. Camera (and car) still got wet. Notice water blowing along the ground to gauge wind speed.
The Lake Michigan Storm of November 2020 at 120 fps 1/4 speed. timbuckyball 2020-11-16 | November 15, 2020 Ludington MI record high winds, massive waves. Ludington buoy recorded 14' maximum wave crest-to-trough late in the day, breakers at lighthouse exceeded 60' (lighthouse is 57' high).
First Lake Michigan gale of the season: Ludington, Michigan 11/01/20. 120 FPS, 1/4 speed. timbuckyball 2020-11-01 | Temp 29˚, winds gusting to 50 mph, regular snow bands. And sand embedded everywhere. Shot at 120 fps.© 2020 Timothy Wenzel
Drone Footage on 5-20-2020, the morning after the Edenville Michigan Dam Breach. timbuckyball 2020-05-21 | The Edenville dam failed on 5/19/2020 late in the day. The water was still coming out of the lake full force on 5/20 when I shot this video at about 7:00 AM EDT. The M-30 bridge had washed out as well. Edenville, Michigan USA
Wixom Lake After the Dam Breach timbuckyball 2020-05-20 | 8 PM EDT Wixom is no longer a lake. Apologies for the video. Other aircraft came into the area at low altitude and I had to duck and go back. Thank you to my spotter for catching them!Edenville Michigan USA
Edenville Dam at Flood Stage 5-19-2020 Drone View timbuckyball 2020-05-19 | Drone view of the dam and spillway at 7 AM of 5-19-2020. Also some footage of the lakeside flooding. Filmed in Edenville Michigan.WARNING: dam breached at 6 PM. If you are down stream run like hell I am not kidding
Lake Michigan Snow Squall Formation Time Lapse at South Haven MI 02/07/2020 timbuckyball 2020-02-08 | © 2020 Horizon Broadband, used with permission. Link to the Horizon Broadband live webcam in South Haven MI: youtube.com/watch?v=hS5f1taPkno Check out the remarkable beauty of Lake Michigan 24/7
Southwest Wind and Waves at South Haven MI: Drone View (minimal editing) timbuckyball 2019-09-27 | Midday winds were up to 30 mph from the south. By 5 PM they had subsided to 15 mph, permitting safe drone flight and photography of the dynamics of a variety of waves. Note the degree of suspended sand as indicated by the brown color next to the south pier, due to considerable turbulence. Also note how this sandy water is drawn along the pier and ejected into the open waters beyond the lighthouse. This is evidence of a dangerous riptide that often occurs on the windward side of structures in large bodies of water. Watch the gulls surf the updrafts created by each wave. Finally, notice the complexity of the waves interacting with each other: size, direction and color. Layer upon layer of wave complexity starts to become evident if you watch for it.
Time Lapse Video of Nighttime Thunderstorm Over Lake Michigan timbuckyball 2019-08-08 | 1 AM at South Haven MI
Shelf Cloud Time Lapse Midland Michigan July 19, 2019 timbuckyball 2019-07-23 | This "bow echo" type thunderstorm traveled at 80 miles per hour from MN to MI, leaving a wake of destruction and power outages. Cover photo is a panoramic image taken by drone during approach.
Lake Ness Monster in Lake Michigan? Well no, but... timbuckyball 2019-06-20 | Not, of course. Sturgeon or Silt Fencing? Or other? You Decide. This is my personal news report of gale footage on 6-13-19 as found in live webcam archive. Full credit and copyright: WWMT and Horizon Broadband in South Haven MI, located in downtown. Wind and distance hurts resolution badly. I merely identified the event and then cropped the relevant frames of this video to try to get public input.
Gale at South Haven MI June 13 2019 timbuckyball 2019-06-13 | As viewed from the north beach, hiding behind the car.
