Tag: California

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  • Flying over unique sand dunes and shrublands…

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    Scene notes:

    Over sand dunes with shrublands on the right. The shadows of the nearby fog, passing on the ocean breeze, float by quickly as it unexpectedly comes in on return. The dunes don’t show a low amount of human impact- but a definite impact, nonetheless. The sky consists of the top seventh of the frame and is a mix of stratus layers under blue sky. The frame pans downward digitally from the sky.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 15 frames.

  • Winter landscape with mountainous peaks in distance

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    Scene notes:

    The high Sierra country under a mix of high and low clouds with a clean snow foreground in the midday sun.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    17 seconds.

  • Flowing clouds and shadows over high desert and a lake

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    Scene notes:

    On a lake in the Sierra Nevadas, heavier cumulus clouds flow overhead. Rocky and rugged terrain lead the way before it. The shadows of the clouds flow smoothly over distant autumn trees
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds.

  • Lineal cold gust front line cloud at foot of mountain

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    Scene notes:

    Quickly flowing down the east face of the mountain range, cold air condenses water molecules in the warmer air of the eastern slope, creating a long and ephemeral cloud along the normal fault where the Sierras end in the east.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    18 seconds, 28 frames.

  • Late day, afternoon just in the wilderness area 1 of 2

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    Scene notes:

    The Desolation Wilderness area is shown from a minor ridge. Mixed clouds are present just before sunset hour.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds.

  • Late day, afternoon just in the wilderness area 2 of 2

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    Scene notes:

    Mixed clouds and the afternoon sun on a high viewpoint in the Desolation Wilderness.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    21 seconds.

  • Towering cumulus over Lake Tahoe Barker Pass area

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    Scene notes:

    Convection is when a thunderstorm or cumulonimbus begins, which produces rain. So much cumuliform on such a larger cloud at left is indicative of one.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    21 seconds.

  • Dusk falls blue over a secret arch near Mt Whitney

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    Scene notes:

    A hidden arch at dusk during blue hour with no clouds, only the shifting blue dusk gradient. Motion-controlled physically on a rail.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds.