Tag: clouds

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  • 1 of 2 | Behind trees, a small fog blanket rolls on Lake Tahoe at sunrise

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    Pines and other conifers are framing the sky on all sides of the scene in the early morning above Lake Tahoe, which is surrounded by a forest, and blanketed partially with a fog layer. The sky quickly brightens as high clouds and an airplane contrail turn all the colors of sunrise. The ground is snowy. A similar clip exists.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    38 seconds and 4 frames.

  • Clouds passing quickly overhead lake lit by moon

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    The vast Crater Lake is under heavy rolling low clouds that part for the moonlight to briefly shine on the water and allow the few stars visible to shine through.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 26 frames.

  • Kauai alternate viewpoint of Waimea Canyon under clouds and some shade

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    Rain and shadows on Waimea Canyon. Waterfalls are visible on the opposite side of the canyon in the background (left). Plants on the right of the frame are blowing in the breeze. On the bottom left, orange stones are brighter under the shade of thinner clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 2 frames.

  • 2 of 5 | Night lightning illuminates approaching

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    Thunderstorm – content warning for epilepsy. A dangerous, approaching nighttime thunderstorm with lightning illuminating the thundercloud from within. The storm has mostly cloud-to-cloud lightning. A gust front is visible as the high winds make the environment hazardous. The strobing lights below are made by the passing highway traffic (out of frame).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 27 frames.

  • Lightweight clouds, on wind above

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    … and indistinguishable from fog, just above meadow and cedars. Very close low-level clouds interrupt the daylight on the grassy meadow with shadows. Higher mid-level clouds go their own direction. The tree line and hill make a visual saddle and open sky near bottom-center. The hillside rises gently. The tree line is on both the left and right of the frame.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    14 seconds and 17 frames.

  • Mixed cloud sunset over rocky landscape and forest

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    … in wilderness under clouds where the sun is seen. An exemplar of Altocumulus Castellanus near the center of the frame. Underlit with purple sunlight filtered from smoke, these clouds tower, owing that their names are derived from castle towers. At the end of playback, the sun can be seen brilliantly going down before disappearing into night. An airplane is seen zooming past in the sky, twice, in the upper-left frame. Upper-level Cirrocumulus clouds are gold in their altitude which gives them brilliant direct sunlight to the end.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 14 frames.

  • An offshore thunderstorm is illuminated

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    … by lightning and stationary – content warning for epilepsy. The thunderstorm of the night in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida has no wind behind it to come onshore or make any other direction- this night storm has both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning, with strikes shown, the flashes outlining and silhouetting parts of the storm, including the anvil shape of the nimbus cloud.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 20 frames.

  • 1 of 3 | Öxnadalur, northern Iceland, under clouds

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    … just barely hiding the precipice. Stratus clouds on Öxnadalur. The spire seen moving in and out of the fog is an aiguille. Slivers of blue light in the sky overhead persist.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    16 seconds and 16 frames.