Tag: darker

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

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    Scene notes:

    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.

  • Large heavy clouds over vast Crater Lake late

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    Scene notes:

    … afternoon cast shadows on the sparing water beneath. The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and position has been adjusted.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 3 frames.

  • As rain clouds move over the Sierra Nevada, darkness falls on the land

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    Scene notes:

    A wet and shining rock face shows recent rain, with more to come as the clouds quickly move over the ridge and peaks of the mountains, dark.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    5 seconds and 8 frames.

  • Rain shower from a Cumulonimbus cloud approaches

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    The cloud approaches darkening the valley landscape below. An incoming Nimbus cloud blocks the light, rain can be seen in the distance, precipitating. The cloud takes up the whole of the sky.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 5 frames.

  • Rising heavy clouds above with ninety and more…

    Scene notes:

    … percent cloud cover transformations. A rapidly rising storm cloud, the bulk of this ‘turkey tower’ seen soaring high into the sky is unlikely to fall as rain anytime soon, but the storm cell may still prove dangerous later.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 12 frames.

  • Very fast rising geyser steam into the blue sky

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    Quickly rising steam pouring off the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Still water is seen near the source of the rapidly billowing clouds of vapor, evaporating in the cold winter morning air. A few high clouds are seen.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 22 frames.

  • Death Valley landscape with sand dunes with shadows creeping up mountains

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    Scene notes:

    A slow desert scene featuring a few high clouds and arid sand dunes below. The sand dunes comprise ABOUT of half the frame. The distant mountain ridges occupy one fifth. The peaks of Black, Funeral, and Grapevine mountains are off to the east in the distance. The shadows on the ground in particular become longer.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 21 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | Overhead mountains, clouds loom after sunset as blue surrounds gray forms

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    Scene notes:

    Cumulus clouds shifting in the dusk light above the Sierras and point of view. It’s blue hour, as the light fades from pink to dull gray, the sky remains blue.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    44 seconds and 25 frames.