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  • Seattle downtown at night

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    From the Space Needle, shot in 2006.
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  • Golden Gate Bridge traffic motion at night

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    …with city lights behind, aircraft taking off into the sky. An observer on the Marin Headlands sees much of the city from one view, where the bay enters the ocean in the other direction. Spanning the bay is the bridge, cars speeding along as they always do. As night falls, the lights glow reddish, the blues of blue hour change, and the airplanes take off in the sky, which comprises about a sixth of the frame. Ships are seen coming through the bridge and leaving, such as a tugboat escorting a cargo ship.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    24 seconds and 8 frames.

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  • The Golden Gate at night with traffic flowing…

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    … both directions and airplanes taking off in the night sky. A constant flow of traffic pours through both ways of the Golden Gate Bridge over the bay, which lightly reflects the lights of the bridge itself. Airplanes, passenger liners are seen taking off and veering to the right throughout in the sky at upper portion of the frame this cloudless evening. The lights of the radio towers on Twin Peaks just left of the right pillar on the bridge rise high, a few miles away. The bay appears to be pouring in water constantly on the top surface.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 25 frames.

  • Looking south from tourist point over Golden Gate

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    Bridge with lightest fog obscuring a city view. On the opposite of the historical bridge, a fog layer persists, blowing through the traffic (right) and concealing the city beyond (left).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    18 seconds and 16 frames.

  • Drone hovering into dusk, Sacramento skyline under…

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    … after-sunset lighting on high clouds. This mid-level cloud layer dominating the sky with small patches has clouds resembling Lenticulars. If the layer of cloud were thicker in its altitude, the lens shapes would be more apparent. A wispy row of Cirrus is absorbed in the cooling sky, pink colors fading with them, and below on the surface, a highway curves by a skyline of Sacramento, and extend west with lights of individual cars passing by in hyper speed; 90 x 60 mph = 12900mph apparent ‘playback’ speed. 90 represents the speed of the time-lapse over ‘real’ time. The Time-lapse length of the clip at 30 fps is eight seconds and ten frames.

  • Mount Rainier with light clouds on its southern face

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    A majestic mountain, Mt Rainier has a batch of Cumulus clouds on two flanks this sunny morning. Shadows from them moving over the snow. These are their normal altitudes. The dormant volcano rears up above the alpine, snowy meadow of the foreground. The clouds find the mountain insurmountable, and minuscule cars are seen in the middle of the frame, adding slightly to the interest. A three second interval is used.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    38 seconds and 4 frames.

  • Shadows rising on San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge…

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    …overbright areas fade as the sun sets away from the point-of-view. Looking east in the late afternoon, you can observe ‘the City’ from afar, behind the long red bridge. Wind on water currents make ripples, as is the traffic on the 101 Highway that spans the bridge. Shadows become longer as the sun sets first on the foreground grassy slopes, and then the ocean bay.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    13 seconds and 20 frames.

  • Sunset and dusk over cloudless skies in a meadow

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    In a sky that is perfectly clear of clouds, a small mountain valley with a single ridgeline sloping downwards gently further in the distance, which is lit by the sun slightly longer than the foreground. The sky quickly turns dark into a night sky, with lights from cars on a road passing, and planes flying. Over the course of the clip, several hours pass. Facing east at sunset and blue hour is less typical if this collection.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    16 seconds and 6 frames.

  • San Francisco street-view of downtown at night

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    Looking down a side-street in mid-town San Francisco at a view of several large buildings including a sharply-pointed skyscraper called ‘Transamerica Pyramid’, an ominous looking building of office space and nearly 900 ft (300 m) tall. Busy city streets, with mid-2000s cars, cross paths, as traffic alternates turns moving with the traffic lights. This side street the observer looks down is dimly lit and mostly empty, a steep downward slope.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    32 seconds and 8 frames.

  • Late afternoon land sea traffic around Golden Gate

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    The brick-red Golden Gate Bridge spans the frame, never-ceasing traffic flow pouring through. Under, beyond, and before, ships of all sail, motor, and port into the bay. Observe baby-sized waves on the headlands below, made apparent by the time-lapse.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    26 seconds and 18 frames.

  • San Francisco Bay Bridge traffic at dusk with skyline behind traffic and bay

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    From a unique viewpoint on Yerba Buena island, the Bay Bridge has two directions of traffic on different levels, and is a gateway into the city. The skyline is silhouetted on the evening light. The daylight is left with the sun and transitions to night, and thousands of cars and vehicles pass through the bridge during this time.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    13 seconds and 10 frames.

  • Lowest density fog level to red Golden Gate Bridge late afternoon

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    An original, recently remastered time-lapse of the sky with clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 26 frames.

  • From being fully obscured by the morning fog to fair sky, the Golden Gate emerges

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    A bright marine fog layer slowly evaporates around the Golden Gate Bridge, a small ship is seen exiting as the fog recedes. The Marin Headlights are exposed to day in the middle ground between this point of view and the bay.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 16 frames.

  • Late day San Francisco Golden Gate with boats, fog, traffic, shadows rising

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    Scene notes:

    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.