Time-Lapse Video Shows Construction of Stunning Ice Castle
Time-lapse video of an ice castle going up in Utah is heating up online.
— -- Time-lapse video of an ice castle going up in Midway, Utah, is heating up online.
The video was created by Joel Schat for Roadtripppers.com -- a website and iPhone app that helps people plan road trips across the country -- and condenses about three weeks’ worth of construction in a nearly three-minute piece.
The video opens with a blank field, and then ice appears to grow before the viewer's eyes. The structure takes shape, with builders erecting walls, caverns and tunnels, hanging icicles and placing colored lights.
The process is stunning and the final product evokes an otherworldly beauty.
The video was posted to Roadtrippers’ Facebook page on Feb. 9. As of Tuesday, it had been viewed more than 540,000 times.
James Fisher, the founder and CEO of Roadtrippers, said the video represents his company’s commitment to highlighting unique attractions that people on road trips will appreciate.
“We’re always looking for the most amazing and interesting places in the country, and the ice castles were always something we always felt was super cool and hadn’t really been represented very well yet online,” he told ABC News in an interview on Monday. “I mean, you can see it -- it’s absolutely stunning what these people do.”
Brent Christensen, the founder of Ice Castles, the company that built the ice castle featured in the video, said he believes Schat did a “phenomenal job.
“It’s a tough thing to capture time lapse of ice, especially if you’re trying to get close to it ... because we’re spraying water,” he said. “But he used some pretty creative methods and it worked out pretty well.”
Christensen the ice castle took about three weeks to build, and he’s gratified that the video has been received so well.
“We love that,” he said, adding that the builders enjoy their work. “We get to be in the ice and climb on top of it. We work with it all day. ... We love to have other people enjoy it.”
The ice castle featured in the video has melted because of the unseasonably warm weather in Utah, but Christensen has three ice castles that are currently open to the public in Lincoln, New Hampshire, Stratton Mountain, Vermont, and Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
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