Three Time Lapse sequences of El Chaltén (Fitz Roy) the smoking mountain

The original name of mount Fitz Roy is El Chaltén, that in Tehuelche dialect means "smoking mountain". This is due to high winds around its top compressing moisture that in turn condenses which gives the mountain a smoking volcano look. In 1877, the expedition led by Perito Moreno baptized this mountain Fitz Roy, in memory of the sailor that explored the channels in Tierra del Fuego and the Santa Cruz river during the Charles Darwin expedition.

Sequence of El Chaltén the smoking mountain

Time Lapse sequence of mount Fitz Roy the smoking mountain

Time Lapse sequence of the smoking mountain Fitz Roy aka El Chaltén

Video on HTML5

Showing off video on various WEB-browsers might be a really big hassle. Just like many others also myself went through lots of trouble to ensure my Time Lapse sequences and or videos can be viewed in the most popular browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, MS Internet Explorer and Opera. Not only that, I wanted the code for this web-page to conform to the HTML5 specifications.
Easier said than done, but it's done, thanks to other people who did the hard work like the folks at Miro who wrote the Miro-Video Converter that converts most video formats to any other video format.
You may also consult the "Video For Everybody" Test Page for more details about displaying video on HTML5 pages. It also explains how to include a fallback to Flash.
Last but not least thanks to MARK PILGRIM who wrote the extensive paper Dive into HTML5 - read it and make it work for you!

Below is the quick summary to publish your videos without spending hours to get the job done: Starting from your source video you need the Miro Converter to create three (3) versions of that source in the formats for .mp4, .ogv and .webm. Upload these files to your server, adapt and include the following code-snippet into your html5-code:


		<video width="<# of pixels>" height="<# of pixels>" poster="/<path>/<poster-filename>.jpg" preload="metadata" controls>
			<source src="/<path>/<video-filename>.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
			<source src="/<path>/<video-filename>.ogv" type="video/ogg" />
			<source src="/<path>/<video-filename>.webm" type="video/webm" />
			You need an HTML5 capable browser. Flash is NOT supported.<!--fallback msg-->
		</video>

Basically that's all! Ain't that a bitch.