Tag: cumulus

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  • Rain shower blots out the sun…

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    Scene notes:

    …While on the mountainous landscape looking west in the afternoon. The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and lens has changed.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    5 seconds and 24 frames.

  • Low density clouds hovering over Mono Lake’s Tufas and blue water

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    Physically panning right on Mono Lake, past a tufa tower to the lake’s blue water with clouds moving overhead, a desert landscape in the distance.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 4 frames.

  • Building thunderclouds firing up congestus

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    The congestus (rising/towering) stage cumulus, rising and stirring convection high.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    5 seconds and 28 frames.

  • 1 of 2 Slowly intensifying dense cloud overtaking POV mid-day

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    The thundercloud rolls in. Continued in another clip #Day196.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    4 seconds and 26 frames.

  • Stone hills in the late day with sunlight behind clouds undulating with shadows

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    Mountains in the background under cloud cover, Mt Whitney appears smaller than the surrounding peaks in the frame, but only because its distance is greater than the peak at left. Complex cloud gatherings and movements in the air above the camera. Scene continues in Dawn and Dusk.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 21 frames.

  • 1 of 3 | Massive storm in distance travels…

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    …very high up, resembling a growing mushroom. The storm cloud rises in the distance; convection pushes water vapor to heights that are possibly 30k feet.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 28 frames.

  • 2 of 2 | 8/10 density cloud overtaking POV mid-day, high contrast

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    Scene notes:

    The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and position has been adjusted.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 2 frames.

  • 1 of 4 | Under peak color Aspen grove, medium-density…

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    …clouds float by overhead and on mountains. White-trunked, orange and yellow Aspens are the dominant color shown in this grove that lives on the foothills of snowy mountains of the Sierras, which are steeped in low, fluffy clouds which move steadily through but also linger on the cliffs. The lower left third of the frame has shrubs and sagebrush.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 22 frames.