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Whenever I see things like this, I'm reminded of Arthur C. Clarke's novel Childhood's End.

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I like to imagine I've been given the device used by the overlords to monitor earth for X years, and I can stand affixed in a position to experience the timelapse as I push "rewind". It would be so cool to watch history unfold this way.

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Sounds like something I'd really enjoy. Observing one particular space over time is the concept behind the graphic novel** "Here" by Richard McGuire.

** It's really light on dialogue (and characters for that matter). Way more emphasis on the Graphic part than the Novel part.

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