Those Night Run clips are quite nice but for the ultimate in time lapse coolness check out Bathtub IV (about 40mb in size for the full clip ... also available on youtube but the quality isn't nearly the same!)
What happens when electrons move faster than the speed of light in water... This effect happens in nuclear reactors, just outside the reactor rods, that are submerged in water...
Light effectively needs to catch up, causing the blue glow...