Tag: mountains

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  • Light upper-level clouds float over Mt Whitney in a natural auditorium

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    Cirrus clouds float undisturbed over aretḗ (French for this terrain feature which has no English counterpart) mountain peaks (center). The southern facing cliffs (right) are largely free of snow, while others still retain a great deal of it. Cornices shed fresh snow in high wind (middle peaks). The sky comprises a third of the frame, with the sun visible late clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 16 frames.

  • 1 of 4 | Under peak color Aspen grove, medium-density…

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    …clouds float by overhead and on mountains. White-trunked, orange and yellow Aspens are the dominant color shown in this grove that lives on the foothills of snowy mountains of the Sierras, which are steeped in low, fluffy clouds which move steadily through but also linger on the cliffs. The lower left third of the frame has shrubs and sagebrush.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds and 22 frames.

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

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    The camera pans to the right. A larger aperture depth-of-field is shown. On the mountainsides, delicate clouds condense momentarily and evaporate as quickly, small and insignificant in size. Other low-level and some mid-level stratus clouds are also present. Shrubs with yellow flowers comprise much of the fore and middle ground.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds.

  • Lower density clouds, fluffy over Yosemite Valley around noon, making shadows

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    Left to right: El Capitan, a massive monolith that’s a kilometer in height and straight rock face. The snowy area tucked away behind El Capitan is Cloud’s Rest. Then Half Dome, the cross-sectioned dome monolith. Sentinel Rock is the slope which is in front of Half Dome. Bridalveil Falls is closer. Low clouds float and transform on the forest valley floor and all the aforementioned features.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 2 frames.

  • On Mt Pilatus by Lucerne, Switzerland, clouds in winter below

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    Lucerne Lake, 6 kilometers below, is the center of the frame’s focus. A snowy slope, and a sheer cliff ridge below Pilatus’ peak extends into a third of the frame. The surrounding lakeside far below is finely cultivated greenery and forest area. The outskirts of Lucerne’s municipalities are also visible below, as are the clouds which will have no chance of climbing the mountain’s top surface and extend as small formations to the tops of the foothills and snowy peaks far beyond to the southeast.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 3 frames.

  • Under a brighter half sky which shifts to show Alabama Hills in lighting

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    Scene notes:

    Mixed clouds over the Sierras. The Alabama Hills is an area in California just outside Lone Pine, California.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 27 frames.

  • Jasper Park in Canada, shadows rise on the craggy…

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    … granite precipice under a pristine blue sky. A cloudless day in Jasper National Park displaying huge aiguilles and arete shaped peaks in the snow, shadows growing in length.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 16 frames.

  • Wintery and huge mountain looms overhead

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    Scene notes:

    … steeped in clouds, crawling on its slopes. Rock face with rock fall, mixed with these river-shaped eroded areas called cirques, as well as the striations of comprise this mountain that starts as largely shadowed by low clouds. Bright areas of light on the slopes where the clouds break on a massive arête, far too steep for snow (late clip).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    8 seconds and 29 frames.