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Motion controlled tripod in Rocky Mountain National Park on a partly cloudy day looking east, then south from a viewpoint.
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Towering Cumulus congestus growing and moving in blue skies
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Heat, moisture, and more heat. The Everglades have this in spades. Seen here, the clouds are truly towering in their nature, being taller than they are wide at their base. These updrafts play out as visible clouds and will grow to form rain clouds. Tropical land warming accelerates these clouds around the Everglades, and the warm waters assist in visible absolute humidity.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds and 19 frames.
Rocky Mountain National Park alpine meadow clouds 1 of 2
Medium-density clouds in the late afternoon backlit…
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… Backlit by the sun making stark contrast, undulating. These low-level clouds move along a wind left-to-right, transforming as they go. Stark backlighting is necessary when capturing crepuscular rays and shadows to preserve highlights. Two or three separate bands of cloud are evident in the lower half of the frame, the largest of which show signs of nearing future precipitation, with the upper half containing smaller patches of varying density overhead. Length at 30 fps: Seven seconds and nine frames.
3 of 10 | Sierra Nevada Mountain range and midday clouds
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Time-lapse length (30 fps): A short-lived fog bank pushed by cold air flowing down the snowy
mountains, while Nimbostratus is above.
31 seconds and 28 frames.
Canyonlands meadow at dusk with fading light
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Needles District, Canyonlands. The meadow has a towering rock formation silhouette (right) against
the evening sky which has a sliver or portal of open blue throughout. The mostly cloudy sky has areas
of golden, glowing rain clouds that move overhead.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds and 17 frames.
Above Sierra range, clouds expand as the dusk darkens the sky upwards
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The deep dark of the ‘blue hour’ that comes after sunset, with just a few spots of cloud catching
glowing pink light, but the clouds continue moving in complex patterns. The mountains are having a
definite effect.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds and 18 frames.
Dawn bright on the winter mountains under multi-color…
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…Colorful, peak light, magic clouds looking northwest in Banff. The sunrise over Banff National Park.
Lower clouds and the sharp peaks of the mountains on the left of the frame are first to be very
brightly illuminated.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds and 17 frames.
On Waimea Canyon, jungle in light shade under the lightest of clouds mid-day
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The continuation of another clip. The camera has been reoriented.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
19 seconds and 12 frames.