When winter rears its frosty head and a big snowstorm hits, amateur photographers, professionals and hobbyists around the world break out their cameras, sit back in the warmth of their homes and let their gear capture the gradual accumulation of snow.

Recording the build-up of the frigid, fluffy white stuff through time-lapse videos has become increasingly popular in the past few years with more advanced cameras becoming cheaper. More and more amateurs are creating dramatic videos that show the accumulation of snow on the ground -- speeding up hours of a winter storm into minutes or seconds.

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