Cy Kuchenbaker compresses 90 departures from San Diego International Airport into 30 seconds of amazing airplane eye candy. Found at YouTube from cykuck250.

A helmet-cam view of what it’s like to be a firefighter in Michigan. Found at YouTube from HPZ1442.

The world’s shortest escalator is located in Kawasaki, Japan; it’s only 32.8 inches tall. Found at YouTube from hippykiller1.

Nice. Someone went to the trouble of recording the New Year’s Eve Fireworks at Docklands, in Melbourne, Australia, and then reversing them for your viewing pleasure! Found at YouTube from jcltay.

These are the 10 most popular videos of 2012 at Videolicious.tv for 2012, according to page views:

1. Stewie & Brian Pitch WHeat Thins
2. 3 Flash Mobs PSAs For Healthy Choices
3. Ho Chi Minh City Time-Lapse
4. How To Effortlessly (And Cleverly) Remove Yolk From Egg White
5. The Most Poorly-Acted TV Commercial In The History Of The Universe
6. Poop Already!
7. San Francisco Days Before The Quake
8. Amazing Jumping Robot
9. Coke-Mentos Fueled LEGO Drag Racing
10. Bomb Blasts Interrupt CNN Interview With Gaza Resident

A dusting of snow wreaks havoc among Seattle drivers. Found at YouTube from jadambrinson.