I'm a big fan of this because (a) it gives you a photo with a time dimension! and (b) it happens to be a similar technique to what some satellites use (a single row of pixels that sweeps across the sky) so it's cool to gain an intuition into how that works.
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Cool!
It reminds me of the slitscan special effects technique that was used to create the stargate sequence at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/slit-scan-recreating-the-star...
Conveniently available as a really cool iPhone app:
http://funnerlabs.com/apps/slitscan
I'm a big fan of this because (a) it gives you a photo with a time dimension! and (b) it happens to be a similar technique to what some satellites use (a single row of pixels that sweeps across the sky) so it's cool to gain an intuition into how that works.