Reason: This .gif is a short video clip of aurora - a phenomenon that only happens once in a while near the polars. The beauty of the .gif lies in the phenomenon itself. First of all, in order to have a few frames of this .gif, the artist had to wait for days or weeks out in very harsh weather, only with an anticipation that aurora will happen at some points. The work is a result of efforts, aesthetic beauty and the connection between human and nature. Moreover, had the artist wanted to prolong the image, he could impossibly do so as the aurora only happens for so long in a few minutes. It is therefore reasonably safe to assume the authenticity of what presented in the .gif.
Reason: This .gif captures exceptionally the essence of time. By compressing a day over a city into a few frames of image, it demonstrates time's infinity regardless of space or any other force. Human, cities, empires to mankind will have its dawn before eventually going to decline. Even mother nature cannot stay the same with the advent of time. The animation of this .gif helps viewers zoom out of the normal flow of time and realize the all mighty power of it as well as how ephemeral all of us are.
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