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Although timelapse is a genre still largely dominated by men, these five talented women are worthy of your attention, especially today on International Women's Day.

Photographer Joseph DiGiovanna is in the midst of a project to timelapse the New York City skyline continuously for 30 years. Six and a half years in, he has launched a website that allows visitors to pinpoint and explore any day since he started.

Although timelapse -- and especially long-term timelapse -- might appear intimidating to beginners, photographer and filmmaker Casper Rolsted has shared simple tips that anyone can follow to get started even with basic equipment.

A Denmark-based photographer has released his final short film from the series "Seasons of Denmark," which chronicles his home country's changing seasons through cinematic timelapses that show the beauty of nature as it comes alive in spring.

EarthCam, which recently made waves when it took the largest photo ever captured of New York City, has launched two additional high-resolution timelapse camera rigs that use a Sony Alpha 7R Mark IV at their core.

Last year, I used a custom-built setup to shoot a timelapse of an eternal terrarium in my kitchen. Over the course of 10 months, a camera took two photos every hour of the day, while the plants inside the terrarium grew on their own without disturbance.

Shooting a seasonal time-lapse poses several challenges. You have to figure out how to power the camera for a very long time, how to protect it from the elements, how to make sure nobody messes with it, and how to run your set-up for months without needing to check on it very often.

Fortunately, if you're interested in making your own long-term time-lapse, the people of Kontent Films have put together a step-by-step tutorial on Instructables that covers all the bases -- from building the enclosure to shooting the (many thousand) exposures.