--- --- # This Stunning Time-Lapse Video of Flowers Blooming Will Make You Really, Really Ready for Spring by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 26, 2015 4:06 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 26, 2015 4:06 PM UTC It’s _technically_ spring, but several parts of the U.S. are still facing cold temperatures and generally unpleasant weather. Watching the above video, though, will help us all _feel_ like it’s spring. Created by filmmaker Greg Krehel (also known as [EchinopsisFreak](https://vimeo.com/echinopsisfreak)), this time-lapse video shows a dozen types of Echinopsis cactus flowers blooming (and then wilting.) These types of flowers bloom overnight and then last for one day, he explains in the video’s [description](https://vimeo.com/122575482). They’re at their “peak beauty” for just one or two hours. “With their garish colors, their crazy shapes, and the contrast between spiky parent and the flowers, the cacti provide the drama,” Krehel [writes](https://vimeo.com/echinopsisfreak). “My job is simple: bring their freaky nature to your attention.” ### Aurora Borealis 1953  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  The aurora borealis, a.k.a., the northern lights, northern Canada, 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  LIFE photographer J.R. Eyerman on assignment in Canada, keeping his camera operable in the freezing cold while photographing the Northern Lights in 1953. J. R. Eyerman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Time Lapse Video Shows Beautiful Cactus Flowers Blooming ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3759922/cactus-flowers-blooming-timelapse-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3759922/cactus-flowers-blooming-timelapse-video/"},"headline":"This Stunning Time-Lapse Video of Flowers Blooming Will Make You Really, Really Ready for Spring","datePublished":"2015-03-26T16:06:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:49.375Z","description":"Watch a dozen types of gorgeous cactus flowers bloom in seconds","url":"https://time.com/3759922/cactus-flowers-blooming-timelapse-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/3759922/cactus-flowers-blooming-timelapse-video/","name":"This Stunning Time-Lapse Video of Flowers Blooming Will Make You Really, Really Ready for Spring"}}]}] ```