Tag: cirrus

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  • Vast winter viewpoint from Inyo Mountains

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    … landscape below with Sierra Nevada range. On the Inyo range east of the Sierra Nevada, one sees deep into the range to the west, countless peaks spanning north-south. A few at right are under stratus clouds, but the large majority are Cirrus fibratus, dense enough to shade the landscape as they pass over the snowy Bristlecone pine-filled hillsides and slopes, which are some of the oldest trees.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 13 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | Upper-level clouds cloaking the sun at dusk with scattering of color

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    Different shadows from the varying cloud cover. Cirrostratus are seen from afar near the horizon. This layer of moisture is dense enough to be opaque with the sun directly behind it. The sliver of blue-sky between clouds persists.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 8 frames.

  • 2 of 3 | Late day high contrast with Lenticular cloud facing east

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    The continuation of another clip. The Lenticular clouds are dominant in the sky. Many levels of moisture enable these strange eddies of air currents to be cloaked in visible water. The landscape (nearby mountains) is contributing to the formation of these less common clouds. High above the desert landscape, a sliver of blue-sky remains in the beyond, and Cirrus clouds are on the top layer.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    16 seconds and 4 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | From Pikes Peak, clouds cast shadows

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    … on fog far below that appear to slosh on forest. The continuation of another clip (the camera has been moved). The clouds float over Pike’s Peak, a mountain that is high above the stratus fog below, transforming rapidly. The mountain, a combination of smooth and jagged slopes, careens downward (right). The stratus far below shifts on otherwise low wind. The vista is wide and vast, and the sky is blue with exception of the white Cirrostratus layer and aforementioned Cumulus that plays at point of view-level.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    17 seconds and 4 frames.

  • Smaller ocean thundercloud backlit by falling sun

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    An ad-free, 30 fps preview of this clip to stream.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    19 seconds and 6 frames.

  • Just above valley where clouds are rapidly passing under higher pink clouds

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    An original, recently remastered time-lapse of the sky with clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 29 frames.

  • 2 of 2 | Medium-density Cumulus move slowly in the blue-sky overhead

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    Multiple levels of clouds moving across the sky in differing directions. A Stratocumulus layer with a brief rain shower passes by mid-clip, but the sky is mostly clear by the end, with just a few fluffy clouds remaining.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    33 seconds and 26 frames.

  • High-level clouds from horizon upward in patterns resembling feathers

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    Virga falls from a few high-level clouds, while these Cirrus move horizontally with speed on the jet stream and a warm front.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    33 seconds and 26 frames.