Pause

Pause is the 19th video by Ricky Macchristen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm9vwZi5DCs), premiering on December 11, 2023 at 11:53pm. The unusual start time was to ensure that the word "midnights" is being sung precisely at midnight. It is believed that the video was uploaded a day early by accident, as December 12th was the night of a New Moon.

The video begins with a driving video of Tatham Gap Rd, before changing to a video from Google Earth of several locations: Andrews, NC, Fontana Reservoir, Augusta, GA, Lake Jocassee, Charleston, SC, Cherokee Lake Dam, and finally Lake Chatuge. Several of these locations exist because of deliberate flooding by the United States Government, and several were previously the location of Cherokee towns/villages.

The Google Earth segment has a total of 7 places shown, with emphasis on the 4th (Lake Jocassee) via having two images of it overlaid and rotating in opposite directions.

Two songs are in the video, Pause, by Stereolab, and St. Lucy's Gate by Snowpony. (which is formed by former members of sterolab)

Scene 1

* Video begins in car driving west on Stewart Road in Andrews, NC (35.213164, -83.814288). Vehicle turns right onto Tatham Gap Rd, going north. There are riders on horses, most likely from Equine Second Chance, located on Steward Road.
* The car continues to wind along Tatham Gap Rd., making a sharp right at 02:33 but continuing on Tatham Gap north, in the direction of Panther Creek and the Joanna Bald Fire Tower.

Scene 2 - 1

* Begins at 03:29
* Aerial shot from Google Earth, viewpoint is flying north, from Joanna Bald Fire Tower, looking back from where they came in Scene 1 (Andrews, NC). This shot is a little deceptive.
* At about 03:56 the view begins to fly over the town of Robbinsville.
* At 04:08 you can begin to see the eastern most tributary of Lake Santeetlah, with Tapoco Road (Hwy 129) crossing over it.

Scene 2 - 2

* Begins to fade in at 04:25
* Aerial shot starting around 35.418136, -83.577623 at Fontana Lake, which is north east from Lake Santeetlah
* The viewpoint is moving due west in the scene, showing the lake from one end to the other.

Scene 2 - 3

* Begins to fade in at 04:42
* View is flying over the city of August, GA, flying north west along the Savannnnah River.
* Augusta Museum of History (33.4894924,-82.0055233) can be scene at the very beginning of the scene.
* 13th street bridge can be scene, crossing over the river.
* Scene begins to fade out at 05:22

Scene 2 - 4

* Begins to fade in at 05:22
* The entire scene is a semi-transparent overlay of two separate Google Earth aerial shots of the same lake - Lake Jocasse - at the border of South and North Carolina (34.9491939,-82.9376537)
* View appears to be flying north west, with the camera pointing north towards Devils Hole Creek Falls

Scene 2 - 5

* Scene begins to fade in at 05:52
* Charleston, SC (Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge)
* View is flying northwest.
* Scene begins to fade out as the Ashley River begins to come into the frame

Scene 2 - 6

* Scene begins to fade in at 06:24
* Fast view over the Cherokee Lake Dam in Murphy, NC
* Viewpoint is on the north side of the lake, flying southwest towards the dam (35.0797897,-84.1553301)
* by far the shortest segment

Scene 2 - 7

* Scene begins to fade in at 06:37
* View is flying over Chatuge Lake in Hayesville, GA (35.027584,-83.753646)
* Shot opens on the Northwest side of the late, between the Chatuge Dam Trail and the Clay County Park Campground and flies southeast, towards Bell Mountain
* View flies directly over the tip of Bell Mountain and continues south east to the end of the video.