Tag: mountains

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  • 2 of 4 | Under peak color Aspen grove, medium-density clouds float by overhead and on mountains

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    The mountains of the Sierra Nevada range do not entirely catch the low moving clouds on them, which are blowing and slightly billowing and casting shadows on the snowy peaks and cliffs. Below, the peak-coloring of the Aspen grove stretches closer from left to right. With leaves of varying colors from red (afar) to orange (middle ground) and greens with yellow (close). The age of the trees may provide hints as to the varying colors.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    18 seconds and 4 frames.

  • 3 of 4 | Over the Bay, planes land at San Francisco Airport, SFO at night under rainy clouds

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    The continuation of another clip. The camera position and exposure has been adjusted.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds and 1 frame.

  • Panning over Desolation Wilderness landscape

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    … from viewpoint of clouds slowly shifting shadows on forest. Nimbostratus clouds impose shadows upon the wilderness scene intermittently. The foreground, a viewpoint ridge which the camera pans over, is intricately detailed with yellow flowers and stone. The protected landscape beyond is a mix of hilly forest and rocky land features of rugged terrain further away, with Mt Tallac visible in the far-distant left.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    17 seconds and 6 frames.

  • 1 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 has been moved). The clouds float over Pike’s Peak, a mountain that is high above the stratus fog below, transforming rapidly. The mountain, a combination of smooth and jagged slopes, careens downward (right). The stratus far below shifts on otherwise low wind. The vista is wide and vast, and the sky is blue with exception of the white Cirrostratus layer and aforementioned Cumulus that plays at point of view-level.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    17 seconds and 4 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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    Scene notes:

    … 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.

  • On Mt Pilatus by Lucerne, Switzerland

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    Looking north from the flank of Mt Pilatus, a valley below, green and under a few cloud shadows.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 12 frames.

  • Night on Monument Valley monoliths

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    Airplanes crisscross the night sky over the monoliths in the desert. Distant clouds on the horizon with minimal light pollution. The amount of coma is medium, and the exposure length is long enough to capture several flashes from aircraft lights.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds and 17 frames.