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  • Orographic effect on small clouds made from water

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    … vapor condensed on peaks of Grand Tetons in the morning. low-level clouds on the tops of the Grand Teton mountain range in Wyoming. The frame digitally pans to the right to show the peaks in the clouds, which are riding on an orographic effect this morning. The lower half displays the rolling hills and autumn Aspens as well as evergreen conifer trees. With moose, elk, wolves and buffalo roaming this wild area, people are fewer and farther between. A road paves through the lower-right with only a stray vehicle briefly observable.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    14 seconds and 29 frames.

  • Meadows beneath virga and other colorful clouds flowing at sunset time

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    Precipitation that evaporates in the dryer air that it falls into is called Virga. These low-level fluffy and convective, as well as stratus clouds, are shown with camera facing northeast, away from the direction of the sunset. Pleasant meadows and hills underline the pink and transforming clouds, with the Virga appearing more stationary.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    14 seconds and 16 frames.

  • 1 of 2 | Late day Yosemite winter transforming into sunset

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    A winter view of Yosemite valley: a very small stratus of fog on El Capitan’s ridge plays slowly as the shadows rise at an also slow pace. The water of Bridalveil Falls still pours near the right of the frame, mostly shadowed by the land at clip’s end. Evergreen trees reside on every surface that is not too steep to grow on, and the valley becomes Tenaya Canyon further out, snow becoming more fulsome.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 2 frames.

  • Vivid colorful light rays on clouds from mountain peak of Mt Whitney

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    Light rays at sunset. Crepuscular rays fall from high humidity on mountaintops. The sun glows on the clouds as it sets behind Mt Whitney and the mountain ridge. The middle and background dims. The sunbeams shift as the clouds move and the sun sets below. The vivid, sharp rays are defined by the staggered peaks.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 25 frames.

  • Grand Tetons, a steep range from a meadow with light ray shadows moving slowly

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    Exemplars of aiguille-shaped peaks that travel over a kilometer down, glaciers included. The clouds create crepuscular (afternoon) rays from humidity and shadows. The light shines on some of the slopes. The mountains comprise nine-tenths of the frame.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 24 frames.

  • Sierra Nevada Mountain range and late-day clouds side-lit and flowing off

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    Approximately half the frame is shadowed in a mountain’s shade, with desert plants in the foreground meadow. The clouds flow off the ridge, and every air current can be seen on the outer edges of these clouds, which run aground on the top-left of the frame, billowing, and crawling.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 22 frames.

  • Vast winter viewpoint from Inyo Mountains

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    … landscape below with Sierra Nevada range. On the Inyo range east of the Sierra Nevada, one sees deep into the range to the west, countless peaks spanning north-south. A few at right are under stratus clouds, but the large majority are Cirrus fibratus, dense enough to shade the landscape as they pass over the snowy Bristlecone pine-filled hillsides and slopes, which are some of the oldest trees.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 13 frames.

  • Orographic effect in action above Yosemite Valley in winter along river

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    Clouds drop precipitation as snow in this valley that is the classic Yosemite experience. This clip is the continuation of a clip from Day. Trees, appearing at first glance to be following the clouds up the snowy slopes, cover much of the left frame. A giant monolith, partially covered in mist, appears in the left third, indescribable. A sheer rock face on the right is acting as a blocker for clouds. Farther away, another sheer cliff face is appearing to hold back the cloud flow, all this on a winter landscape.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 16 frames.