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One of my favorite features of he Apple TV is the screensaver of flyovers in various cities across the globe. I’ll put in some ambient music and eventually the

by mstade 9y ago

One of my favorite features of he Apple TV is the screensaver of flyovers in various cities across the globe. I’ll put in some ambient music and eventually the screen saver kicks in and I have a lovely ambient audio/visual experience for when I work. I’d love I if I could make my own playlist, or add to the default one, to add videos like this one. It’s truly mezmerizing to watch when taking a ten minute stretcher.

cr1895 9y ago
Try searching for "Nederland van boven" It's low altitude flyover video of various things in the Netherlands, focusing on towns, infrastructure, etc. Really nice to watch.
- awiesenhofer 9y ago
  I second that recommendation! Various european broadcasters shared that concept and produced a whole series that covers a lot of european countries. So far i watched them about germany ("Deutschland von oben"), france, italy and great britain. some links: https://britainfromabove.org.uk/ https://britainfromabove.org.uk/ https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/deutschland-von-oben-1-staffel-100.html https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/deutschland-von-obe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uH3aXvuxvc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uH3aXvuxvc
KGIII 9y ago
It took me a minute to find it again. Warning, this has potential to make time disappear! https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiDnCQ6JCtzcZ3FNgFGcj3g https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiDnCQ6JCtzcZ3FNgFGcj3g That is the channel for The World From Above. They are HD documentaries, a bit shorter than I prefer, done entirely from the air. They fly over a bunch of places, taking very nice footage, and narrate what you're seeing. You can just turn the volume down and provide your own soundtrack, but I like the narration. There is another, similar, series that was made by a travel agent company, but I can't seem to find it. If you watch enough of then, YouTube may put it into the recommended list. Both of them are very good, well made, and terrible time sinks. You have been warned.
- mattparlane 9y ago
  There's also Aerial America by the Smithsonian Channel. They're one hour narrated documentaries with exclusively aerial footage. One per state (they combined the Dakotas). I'm not even American and I bought the whole set on bluray.
sjs382 9y ago
Not the same, but I'll sometimes put one of these on in the background for a similar experience: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNKqAkKkCKUdnZTMty2BTnQzZxhCdwvK https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNKqAkKkCKUdnZTMty2B...

by mstade 9y ago

cr1895 9y ago

Try searching for "Nederland van boven" It's low altitude flyover video of various things in the Netherlands, focusing on towns, infrastructure, etc. Really nice to watch.

awiesenhofer 9y ago
I second that recommendation! Various european broadcasters shared that concept and produced a whole series that covers a lot of european countries. So far i watched them about germany ("Deutschland von oben"), france, italy and great britain. some links: https://britainfromabove.org.uk/ https://britainfromabove.org.uk/ https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/deutschland-von-oben-1-staffel-100.html https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/deutschland-von-obe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uH3aXvuxvc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uH3aXvuxvc

KGIII 9y ago

It took me a minute to find it again. Warning, this has potential to make time disappear! https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiDnCQ6JCtzcZ3FNgFGcj3g https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCiDnCQ6JCtzcZ3FNgFGcj3g That is the channel for The World From Above. They are HD documentaries, a bit shorter than I prefer, done entirely from the air. They fly over a bunch of places, taking very nice footage, and narrate what you're seeing. You can just turn the volume down and provide your own soundtrack, but I like the narration. There is another, similar, series that was made by a travel agent company, but I can't seem to find it. If you watch enough of then, YouTube may put it into the recommended list. Both of them are very good, well made, and terrible time sinks. You have been warned.

mattparlane 9y ago
There's also Aerial America by the Smithsonian Channel. They're one hour narrated documentaries with exclusively aerial footage. One per state (they combined the Dakotas). I'm not even American and I bought the whole set on bluray.

sjs382 9y ago

Not the same, but I'll sometimes put one of these on in the background for a similar experience: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNKqAkKkCKUdnZTMty2BTnQzZxhCdwvK https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNKqAkKkCKUdnZTMty2B...