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  • 1 of 3 | Öxnadalur, northern Iceland, under clouds

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    … just barely hiding the precipice. Stratus clouds on Öxnadalur. The spire seen moving in and out of the fog is an aiguille. Slivers of blue light in the sky overhead persist.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    16 seconds and 16 frames.

  • POV looking up at cloud layers shifting smoothly overhead as sun sets

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    This clip is illustrative of the under lighting that happens after the sun has set. From the altitude of the clouds, the light is still briefly shining on them, and the clouds are turned pink and red with oranges in between, and different levels of clouds are shown to move in differing directions according to the winds at those altitudes.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    4 seconds and 21 frames.

  • Lightweight clouds, blowing in the winds of steep…

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    … clifftops, dance over a lone tree. Water vapor, condensed by the extra wind as it rides over peaks. It will not behave in the way a cloud does without the sharp differences of the Earth. The snowy mountain peak has many aiguilles and towers, and the top edges are cornices and snow ridges. A large fluting spans the height of the peak to the base. At right, the fall-colored red-yellow leaves on the main tree quiver slightly in the breeze that pushes the cloud shadows slowly overhead and the landscape. The
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 20 frames.

  • 2 of 2 | From Pikes Peak, clouds cast shadows

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    … on fog far below that appear to slosh on forest. The continuation of another clip. The camera’s orientation and position has been adjusted.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    17 seconds and 27 frames.

  • Dusk-to-night over Boreal Forest into stars and distant Aurora on snowy woods

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    The colors of sunset and blue hour facing the sky and tree line in a clearing, as day turns to night. The green glow of aurora is becoming visible on the unique tree line.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 20 frames.

  • 8 of 10 | Sierra Nevada Mountain range and midday clouds

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    Stationary shot; the continuation of another clip. The camera orientation has been adjusted.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    18 seconds and 20 frames.

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

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    The continuation of another clip. The camera has been adjusted with exposure.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 14 frames.

  • Late day lenticular clouds on desert valley

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    Lenticular clouds (the continuation of another clip mixed in with other mid-level clouds. Lenticular clouds come in a variety of shapes but they are unique in that they are generally stationary.