A bright marine fog layer slowly evaporates around the Golden Gate Bridge, a small ship is seen
exiting as the fog recedes. The Marin Headlights are exposed to day in the middle ground between this
point of view and the bay.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds and 16 frames.
In the mid-morning with clouds above and cliffs all forward. The continuation of a Night clip. The
exposure has been adjusted for the daytime. The high Cirrus clouds are tending to clear, as well as
the smoke in the window of the canyon beyond where impassable red rock cliffs, scree and degraded
side slopes, and colluvium boulder fields dominate the land below.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
9 seconds and 11 frames.
Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. The sandstone shapes are tufa shaped but are created by different
processes. Pristine snow catches the light in brilliant ways as the sunlight dims periodically over
the landscape intermittently from off-frame clouds.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
10 seconds and 21 frames.
Active geysers vents huge amounts of water vapor in the morning sky next to a flowing river. The
plume ranges from bright pink to gold and ranges in brightness due to a cloud off-camera blocking the
light momentarily.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
50 seconds and 12 frames.
The sunrise is displayed on Grand Canyon, light slowly brightening. The clouds above in the shifting
sunlight transform wildly in the new light, and then gradually lose previous semblance of color.
Instead of being lit from below, the clouds above are lit from above shortly after dawn. The desert
canyon vista that stretches many miles is eventually illuminated like any other day.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
50 seconds and 4 frames.
On an overlook at Bryce Canyon in winter. A low-level stratus layer slowly gives way to light.
Similar to another clip with more lighting, the snow begins to brighten near the end of the clip. The
lowlands glow in the sun’s radiant intensity. This means they both absorb some of the light and emit
it in all directions.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
44 seconds and 2 frames.
Winter on Crater Lake: the snow covering the landscape is fresh. The vast lake is not entirely in the
shadows of the clouds, as a break in the layer of thick low-level cover reveals light on the lake.
The turbulent winds blow on the water, making their marks on the surface as they travel, along with
the shadows. Blue sky patches are slowly covered by dawn clouds, which clearly precipitate on the
opposing side of the caldera, near Wizard Hat Island. The ridge that comprises the crater’s rim, a
drop of hundreds of feet, is a winter forest.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
43 seconds and 12 frames.
The mid-level clouds above Grand Tetons in the sunlight at dusk. The hill in between mountains and
foreground is shadowed as the sun sets. The very sharp peaks of the range become silhouetted. A three
second interval is used.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
12 seconds and 28 frames.