What if North Country winters ended in 90 seconds?

It might look something like this very cool video made in Oslo, Norway.

I wonder if this isn’t how the world, or Nature write large, experiences the seasons.

Not as long cycles, but as something more akin to inhaling and exhaling. Or waking and sleeping.

Time on the scale of geology, or at least of forests. If so, we humans must look awfully hectic, racing around with the metabolism and attention span of voles.

Can you tell I need to get out skiing today?