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The big blizzard ... in 40 seconds

December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse from Michael Black on Vimeo.
December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse from Michael Black on Vimeo.

Watch the snow from this week's blizzard build up in a backyard in Belmar, N.J., courtesy of photographer Mike Black. He took one frame every five minutes for about 20 hours, then put them together into one of the coolest time-lapse videos I've ever seen.

The Vimeo video was seen more than a million times today. Black says he's received e-mails from NBC and the other TV networks asking to show it off. Keeping the clock visible amid 32 inches of snow is a particularly nice touch.

While you're clicking around, check out Black's photo montage focusing on last week's total lunar eclipse.

Update for 7:15 p.m. ET: Is 40 seconds too long for you? See if you can spot an even more condensed 6-second version of the clip in this spot from "NBC Nightly News":

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