Brilliantly lit by the reflection of the ocean, these mid-level clouds show intricate details in
vivid colors. An upper-level Cirrus formation also flies above that layer, shining. The sun sets
behind these Cirrus. In the bottom-fifth, the reflective ocean waves pour in far below and beyond to
the horizon.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
19 seconds and 13 frames.
Many lower clouds and a light Nimbus cloud on the valley view below. Rain is visible in the distance.
The landscape comprises a fifth of the frame, green and shadowed.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 18 frames.
… higher clouds at sunset. Post-sunset, underneath the clouds, the light is caught. Moving to the
right, a gradual clearing of glowing mid-level clouds give way to Cirrus clouds still bright in the
sunset light in the upper-right half of the frame.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
19 seconds and 11 frames.
Towering congestus clouds, benefiting slightly from orographic lift, float from the peaks of the
southern Sierra Nevada range. As tall as the mountains they seem to stand on, they transform as they
grow and lose energy away from the peaks, evaporating. On these snowy mountains, their shadows
travel. Under the blue sky, which is four-fifths of the frame, high Cirrus clouds move the opposing
direction.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 29 frames.
A fog manages to cling to visibility moving into the bay, especially on the left of the frame, and
shadows rise from the headlands on the hills. A cargo ship is seen mid-way through the clip exiting
the bay. The city is fully visible in the distant left.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
13 seconds and 1 frame.
Stratiform clouds at mid-level pass far overhead as the camera pans leftward. A yellow foreground of
flowers and plants goes in and out of the shade along with the background mountains. A stratus layer
on the peaks tumbles and struggles its way over the Sierra Nevada, and a few small clouds of
short-lived density play around the altitude of snow and just below the peaks. The view becomes full
of more ridge lines of various mountains to the south at the end of the clip. A limited depth of
field adds to the clip.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
13 seconds and 6 frames.
The lake caldera spans the frame, with Wizard Hat Island in the upper-right of the frame. The snow on
the north facing slopes make the right-side of the frame a winter landscape around the water. The
lake itself has many different breezes playing on its surface, owing to the shape of the rim that
encircles it. Rocky cliffs frame the lower left and right, with smaller junipers and other species of
trees.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 5 frames.
… in the distance and opposite side of water. The lake is shown from the viewpoint on the
hydroelectric dam (out of view) itself. The wind gusts blow on the lake in randomized patterns from
the landscape. Comprising four-tenths of the frame, the reservoir holds much of the state’s
fresh-water supply and generates significant energy. There are multiple waterfalls visible on the
left half of the frame, and fog moves in complex transformations on the erratic direction of
wind.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 15 frames.