--- title: NASA Time Lapse Video Shows Earth Weather Changes Over Six Months description: Created by NASA using images from January to July canonical: https://time.com/3160227/mesmerizing-six-second-timelapse-video-shows-how-the-earth-changed-over-six-months/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-22T19:11:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:40.862Z og:title: Mesmerizing 6-Second Timelapse Video Shows How the Earth Changed Over 6 Months og:description: Created by NASA using images from January to July og:url: https://time.com/3160227/mesmerizing-six-second-timelapse-video-shows-how-the-earth-changed-over-six-months/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61a35626e4ec3825/6986a08b1eebf7a4863725a6/screen-shot-2014-08-22-at-11-13-38-am.png?branch=production&width=981&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 981 og:image:height: 552 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-08-22 at 11.13.38 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mesmerizing 6-Second Timelapse Video Shows How the Earth Changed Over 6 Months twitter:description: Created by NASA using images from January to July twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61a35626e4ec3825/6986a08b1eebf7a4863725a6/screen-shot-2014-08-22-at-11-13-38-am.png?branch=production&width=981&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mesmerizing Six-Second Timelapse Video Shows How the Earth Changed Over Six Months by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 22, 2014 7:11 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 22, 2014 7:11 PM UTC According to NASA, [no planets ](http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84214&src=youtube)have “matched the dynamic complexity of our own.” This video by the NASA Earth Observatory, which will take you just six seconds to watch — unless you keep hitting refresh like we did — showcases that dynamic complexity over the course of six months. You see the eastern hemisphere, from January 18 to July 25, and its subtle changes in weather systems and vegetation. The best part is the clouds — swirling, lovely, mesmerizing clouds. Good job, Earth. You’re pretty awesome. **WATCH:** [Breath-taking NASA Timelapse Video Shows a Star Exploding](http://time.com/2875800/exploding-star-time-lapse-hubble-nasa/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3160227/mesmerizing-six-second-timelapse-video-shows-how-the-earth-changed-over-six-months/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3160227/mesmerizing-six-second-timelapse-video-shows-how-the-earth-changed-over-six-months/"},"headline":"Mesmerizing Six-Second Timelapse Video Shows How the Earth Changed Over Six Months","datePublished":"2014-08-22T19:11:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:40.862Z","description":"Created by NASA using images from January to July","url":"https://time.com/3160227/mesmerizing-six-second-timelapse-video-shows-how-the-earth-changed-over-six-months/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Space","NASA","Videos","Science topic","earth","Time-lapse"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61a35626e4ec3825/6986a08b1eebf7a4863725a6/screen-shot-2014-08-22-at-11-13-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61a35626e4ec3825/6986a08b1eebf7a4863725a6/screen-shot-2014-08-22-at-11-13-38-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-08-22 at 11.13.38 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3160227/mesmerizing-six-second-timelapse-video-shows-how-the-earth-changed-over-six-months/","name":"Mesmerizing Six-Second Timelapse Video Shows How the Earth Changed Over Six Months"}}]}] ```