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This short video took 20 years to make. One photo taken at noon every day from Trevor McGavin's south-facing Lower Hutt New Zealand weather camera. Played back at 25 frames (days) per second. The camera was originally installed in the 1990s, but I can't find any saved image files older than 2006. The pictures were live on Trevor's weather web page at the time. Before 2006, probably they were never saved. The 1990s vintage StarDot Technologies "WinCam Live" "high-resolution" 640x480 serial RS232 interface camera is exposed to the weather and was already getting a bit tired by 2006 - faded colours, dirt accumulating inside the lens and image washed out - but it's still going in 2026. This video is slightly processed to reduce the amount of flicker and to restore natural colours. There is no audio. 📌 𝗔 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗘𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘆" 𝗦𝗸𝘆: For those wondering why the sun never seems to shine, there are several contributing factors, not Lower Hutt's actual climate! * 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁: The video was processed to reduce heavy time-lapse flicker. That blends cloudy days into sunny days, making sunny days look cloudy too. A blend of clear and cloudy still looks cloudy; * 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁: At 25 noon images per second, weather cycles blink by too quickly to see, blending into a single visual average. The average of clear and cloudy still looks cloudy; * 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿: Because the camera pointed skyward for two decades without maintenance, the CCD sensor gradually burned out its blue channel, losing its ability to register blue skies. Result is that clear sky looks dark grey. That is worse towards the end of the video; * 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲: 20 years of grime built up in the camera, acting like a permanent grey diffusion filter that resembles cloud. It has not been cleaned. That is worse towards the end of the video; Lower Hutt averages more than 2000 hours of bright sunshine per year. As proof that the sun shines in Lower Hutt, you can see sharp shadows throughout the video. Answers to some Frequently Asked Questions: * Why is it so cloudy? See above. * Why is it never night? There is just one photo taken each day, at noon. Playback speed is 25 frames (days) per second. * Why is there no rain? There is, but weather cycles blink by too quickly to see. * Why is there no snow? Snow is rare in Lower Hutt. The only snow on the ground in the last 20 years fell on the afternoon of 15th August 2011, and it was all gone by the next morning. * Why is the camera pointed at the sky instead of something more interesting? The camera was installed to display current weather conditions on a local weather web page. It's only fortuitous that enough images were saved to make a 20-year time lapse. Images from the same camera in the same position from about 1999 to 2006 have not been recovered. * Why are seasons at the wrong time of the year? Seasons are the opposite way around in the southern hemisphere. * Why do the shadows move? You are seeing seasonal changes in the sun's noon altitude, not motion during the day. * Why don't the trees in the distant background lose their leaves in winter? They are large, slow growing New Zealand native trees including totara and pohutukawa that keep their leaves all year round. * What are the black cylinder things on the roof? They are rain measuring gauges. * How much storage was needed? Just enough for one 640x480 photo each day. * Why such low resolution? 640x480 was high-end state of the art for consumer web cameras when the camera was installed about 1999. * Is it fake or AI? No.

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