VIDEO: Watch evolution of 2011 winter, spring flood in downtown Grand Forks ... in 41 seconds

• Red at Grand Forks - Jan. 2 vs April 14

This split image of cropped still photos from the U.S. Geological Service shows the Red River and the Grand Forks shoreline on Jan. 2, 2011 (top) verses a cropped photo taken Thursday, April 14, of the same location. The Greenway flood monument showing the levels of various flood years barely peaks out of the current river flood.

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Winter never passes this quickly in Grand Forks. Neither does spring flooding.

But watching this video, you can relive each day of life along the Red River in downtown Grand Forks in just 41 seconds.

It's a collection of once-a-day still photos taken by the U.S. Geological Survey with a Sorlie Bridge-mounted camera. It was made into a video and posted on YouTube by "siouxcrew56."

Adding to the timed-exposure appeal of this video: Watching the water "quickly" rise around the Greenway's pillar-style monument, south of the Sorlie on the Grand Forks side. It displays record Red River flood levels.

Look down this page to find the video:

You can check out these daily photos while getting your daily dose of Red River flood "live" views on GrandForksHerald.com's Flood Cam 2011 page. Underneath the downtown Grand Forks flood cam, there are links to the U.S. Geological Survey's once-a-day web cams on the Red at both Grand Forks and Fargo.

You also can visit the USGS's North Dakota Water Science Center website to learn much more about flooding in our region while seeing the once-a-day Red photos there, too.

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