… by city light under stars, aircraft flying over Observable are high Cirrus clouds passing out of
the sky’s starry night. Land sky traffic is visible above Lake Tahoe City on the opposite end of the
lake. Taken by the northwest of the lake with cedars making a silhouette (left).
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
36 seconds and 25 frames.
From Twin Peaks, San Francisco is shown, with Castro and Market roads heading directly into the city.
The sky is cloudless as the lights come out (cross-faded).
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
35 seconds and 12 frames.
Looking east with lightest fog rolling on trees slowly.
Changing from day to night on the east flank of Mt Shasta, the clouds rapidly change and darken to
the night. The stars seem to spin around as the Earth rotates and the sky brightens to morning, light
once again on the snow.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
38 seconds and 24 frames.
Lake Tahoe in the distance is seen through trees as the dusk sets in and the upper-level clouds turn
from pink to being illuminated by city lights. The snowy foreground shadowed; airplanes are seen far
in the sky moving through the frame. Stars come out after blue hour. On the one road visible, traffic
moves quickly, and a ship is seen moving from afar.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
59 seconds and 14 frames.
… the forest above Mill Valley and on Mt Tamalpais. Similar at a first glance to a creek in long exposures, fog flowing central of frame takes the shapes of running water, while remaining gaseous vapor. The layer that came in from the ocean runs far into the horizon. Even very far away on the horizon, headlands rise slightly above the stratus. Playback length at 30 fps: 25 seconds.
Many clips of Precipice are like one another, and some share the same scene at different times. All
Precipice clips take place on a steep drop-off, even if that drop is out of frame. They all have in
common a cloud or fog layer either at below the point of view’s elevation and are at or near
sunset.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
7 seconds and 5 frames.
The last in the series of clips shows the sun setting below the horizon, shining and making fringes
of the nearby fog pink, which is rapidly blowing in the wind, caught on the nearby hillside, until
the last few moments.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
5 seconds and 15 frames.