NOTE: After clicking on the picture, you might want to hit the pause button on the player and let this video load completely before you view it, as I uploaded it at a higher bit rate to improve the resolution. If you have a crappy connection (DSL or slower) and just let this video play, it’s going to hiccup worse than your grandma after her 3rd shot of Jaegermeister.

The images from this video come from the webcam at Craighead Beringia South, and were compiled by Scotty Craighead, son of Beringia founder Derek Craighead. Beringia is carrying out numerous vital investigations into the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, and their website is definitely worth checking out. We are extremely grateful for the use of these 4,180 images, which allow us the unprecedented privilege of viewing the passage of an entire year in the Tetons.

Watching this video makes me miss summer, so I’ll be hastening its arrival by getting the hell out of Dodge. This town feels small, this room feels small, this 24-inch computer screen feels real freaking small right now. So I’m headed south, mañana.

Once again I find myself needing a break from paradise. What’re you gonna do. See you in a few.

David