Day Timelapse

  • Late day clouds over Miami 2 of 2

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    Scene notes:

    An ocean view looking on the Miami skyline from the east. Groups of taller, late-afternoon clouds, tilting towards their direction of wind, italicized and colorful, dwarf the tallest buildings, which are reflected on the calm waters of the bay. A three second interval is used. The clouds’ lighter colors are Fawn to Lime Oak.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 18 frames.

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  • Late day lookingeast on a meadow and clouds changing…

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    Scene notes:

    … in the distance over barn, a strange formation, a slow vortex. An atlas cedar guards over a barn, which seemingly has a small rainbow right next to it in the left portion of the frame. A meadow comprises an eighth of the frame, under growing shade from the setting sun, look west. Observed is a cloud that is raining, known as a ‘Cumulonimbus’ cloud. These clouds are chaotic in many ways from the knock-on effects that are local from so much air moving in different directions. It is eventually inevitable that an ‘eddy’ in the sky, or a small vortex, will sometimes form. This funnel-shaped cloud is by no means dangerous, as its spin only resolves to the naked eye in time-lapse.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    20 seconds and 19 frames.

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  • Morning towering cloud reflections on an ocean

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    Scene notes:

    Morning ‘congestus’ clouds on a body of seawater that is a small bay enclosed by a highway in south Florida on the west coast, near Tampa. This scene takes place early in the day when tropical storms are likely to begin formation depending on humidity and temperature and are not riding on any predominant winds. Over the two large residential buildings, a larger congestus will turn into a rain-making Cumulonimbus later that day. The ocean takes up half the frame. Views in urban areas are limited to available public spaces.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    18 seconds and 11 frames.

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  • 2 of 3 | Shifting, dark rain clouds on vast lake

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    Scene notes:

    The continuation of another clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    13 seconds and 8 frames.

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  • Slower, small Cumulus clouds at winter at Grand Canyon

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    Scene notes:

    A winter landscape at Grand Canyon facing north from South Rim, with light, fluffy clouds. Along the vista and foreground, the shadows of the clouds move steadily along the scene. The north side of the canyon has a blanket of snow on the rim, which is mostly under very low vapor cover.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    20 seconds and 11 frames.

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  • Clouds shift on rocky Canyonlands in Needles District with desert landscape

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    Scene notes:

    A desert scene in Canyonlands National Park, Needles district. Heavy clouds are overhead in this late-afternoon scene, and the shadows go over the foreground. In the background, around four tenths of the way up the frame, are the jagged needle-like formations this district is named after. The area around the needles is hike-able after a road that is relatively inaccessible.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 3 frames.

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  • Upwards blossoming convection, towering noon clouds over ocean

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    Scene notes:

    An aquamarine ocean in the lower eight frame. Precipitation, rain, is already visibly falling from the distant towering cloud, which grows and is too small of a cell to have it fall back on itself, to perpetuate itself long into the day. A sliver of a tropical beach and landscape are visible in the far-left distance. Other small Cumulus begin their ascent as the clip reaches end.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds.

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  • Alpine meadow under cloud shadows on grassy meadow and evergreens

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    Scene notes:

    On Mt June, in Oregon, this alpine meadow shows shadows from clouds that are outside the frame moving towards the camera. A few humans walk past. The shadows move steadily up the hill as low-density, light clouds in the top four tenth of the frame meander along harmlessly.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 17 frames.

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