The Empty America time-lapse video series uses special effects to remove all signs of life from major cities, wiping tourists and moving cars from the streets of San Francisco and Seattle. Produced by Ross Ching for Thrash Lab, the latest episode featuring New York City, however, came out the day Sandy made landfall and looks all too spooky so sudden after the disaster…
The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic tropical system on record, brought strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England.(Reuters/Keith Bedford)
