Tag: clouds

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  • Puddle on stone of Canyonlands in Needles District reflects the clouds overhead

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    Reflections of the sky on the water of a puddle in some of the most varied rock formations in the country. A sawtooth and sawback ridge of red stone is visible in the distance, while in the middle distance, boulders lay on rocks (left).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 14 frames.

  • Canadian Rockies, Banff snowy mountains under…

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    Altocumulus mackerel undulating, casting. An extremely large ‘arete’ shape on the mountain across the valley, massive and snow covered, formed from glaciers on both sides creating an axe-shaped ridge. Like the scales on a Mackerel, the mid-level clouds cast shadows on the vista of mountains beyond, wooded with evergreens and snow, as the town of Banff sits below-right. Time-lapse length (at 30 fps): 5 seconds and 25 frames.

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

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    Lenticular cloud formations, underneath higher Cirrus clouds, shift and meander in the late day sky, far above a desert valley, a quarter of the frame.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 4 frames.

  • Just below beyond a high ridge, fog pours over and through trees mid-day

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    The stony cliff edge that is the foreground is being moved over on a dolly, observing flowing fog that is caught and rapidly flowing over the cresting hill’s ridge below.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 13 frames.

  • On sand dunes with the ocean far off in distance, grasses under upper Cirrus cloud

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    European beach grass imported to protect the sand dunes of an Oregon beach 90 years ago. If left unchecked, the grass will change the dunes into woodland. High Cirrus clouds slowly move overhead. A small portion of the frame reveals the ocean (left).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 22 frames.

  • Light upper-level clouds float over Mt Whitney in a natural auditorium

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    Cirrus clouds float undisturbed over aretḗ (French for this terrain feature which has no English counterpart) mountain peaks (center). The southern facing cliffs (right) are largely free of snow, while others still retain a great deal of it. Cornices shed fresh snow in high wind (middle peaks). The sky comprises a third of the frame, with the sun visible late clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 16 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | High Cirrus, low-density clouds provide…

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    …a medium for optical halo illusion around the high sun. Cirrostratus at the correct density and altitude will create a halo optical effect around the sun. These conditions are generally perfect for jet contrail formation. A full-frame, 14mm lens is used.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 15 frames.

  • 2 of 3 | Massive storm in distance travels very…

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    …high up, resembling a growing mushroom. The continuation of another clip. A large Cumulonimbus builds on the Three Sisters Mountain range in the distance.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 17 frames.