This animated image comprised of 8,189 digital photographs captures the subtle transformations of nature—weather, light, and time—that shape our experiences of the present moment. On September 14, 2004, Wolfgang Staehle aimed his digital camera at the scenic Hudson River Valley in New York State, automatically capturing a new still image every eight seconds. These images are synced in real time, showing each moment of that day as it was. Staehle was inspired by mid-19th-century American Hudson River School landscape painters, who depicted dramatic, idealized scenes of nature in the face of increasing urbanization and industrialization. Similarly, Eastpoint (September 14, 2004) engages with the changing natural world and asks us to consider how humans shape the environment over time and how technology and art can document and prompt dialogue about the future.