UPDATE: The full video is complete.

And it’s really beautiful. I like how they show time-lapse of the mandala under construction, still-shots of the monks, and even shots of members of the public watching them work. (Also, I kind of like how they added a little Jayhawk in the corner.)

Have a look:

Journal-World photographer Richard Gwin and I were at KU’s Spencer Museum of Art Tuesday to report and shoot our feature story on the Tibetan monks creating a sand mandala there. (Note: They should be working on it for a few more hours today if you haven’t had a chance to check it out. Hurry, though, by 2 p.m. it will disappear!)

As we sat a few feet away, watching the intricate, brightly colored mandala emerge one centimeter of colored sand at a time, I said to Richard: “Someone really should make a time-lapse video of this. Wouldn’t that be cool?”

He pointed up. The Spencer’s photo staff had already thought of this, and had a camera on a tripod set up on the balcony above, aiming down at the monks and their mandala.

The museum has posted this teaser video already, and promises a full video next week. I’ll watch for that and post it when it’s ready. In the meantime, check out this teaser. Cool, no?