Tag: darker

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  • Mammatus clouds above hills darkening away at dusk in the sky

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    Scene notes:

    The scientific adage of ‘what goes up, must come down’ rings true in this scene where, at right, lower-level clouds rise in convection. Over this ridgeline, there are pockets of air that fall through the cloud as cold patches, creating these distinctive looking clouds. While the dire, dark gray, bizarre looking ‘mammatus’ are this size only 30-40000 ft and attached to monstrous storms, these are clearly harmless clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 15 frames.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 1 of 2 On vast lake when medium heavy clouds pass…

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    On vast lake when medium heavy clouds pass quicky on the wind and water. Heavy clouds over Crater Lake.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    20 seconds and 8 frames.

  • Dark rain cloud obscures the last direct daylight…

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    …behind it and the mountains it rains on below. Crepuscular rays through thick cloud cover openings shifting rapidly on the mountains.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    22 seconds and 17 frames.

  • Heavy density, pronounced roll cloud, very brief- clips ordered by length numerically

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    Scene notes:

    The beginning of another clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    4 seconds and 18 frames.

  • Thunderstorm in sky with low wedge-shaped cloud marking cold outflow and wind

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    Scene notes:

    The continuation of clip Day#222.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    5 seconds and 22 frames.