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Night scene with long exposure.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 8 frames.
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Night over mountains and clouds
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1 of 3 Low clouds moving at night over mountain range in moonlight
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Sometimes a high wind gust will come along and cause the tripod to move slightly. In these rare instances, the clip may be stabilized digitally or divided in two. This shot of the Alabama Hills at night under a nearly full moon has a cut that divides the scene into two clips, one with a longer shutter speed.
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2 of 3 | Low clouds moving at night over mountain range in moonlight
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Mt Whitney is seen among its neighboring peaks in the Sierra Nevada range of mountains at night. With the long shutter speed of three seconds and an interval of five seconds and clouds quickly float overhead. The stratus clouds floating high enough fly over, the lower ones are caught and piled up on a few of the peaks. A landscape of hills made of smooth and rocks of varying sizes, from massive to minute, climbs to the left of the frame.
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1 of 2 | Foothills under a night sky of clear stars
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A starry night sky on a gently rising slope leading up in the lower fifth of the frame. In the lower left corner, light pollution yellows a thin layer of clouds, and the sky spins left-right. Along the landscape a car or two travels around at a low speed, its headlights seemingly searching in the dark. Not facing in the direction of the galactic plane, which is the area of the night sky in which the majority of our galaxies starts are visible.
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Early night above a boreal forest in Alberta, Canada
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A blue-graded night of stars overhead the forest silhouettes.
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Night moonrise at Grand Canyon looking northeast
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From a point in Grand Canyon, the horizon may be level, but the land isn’t; this is owed to the nature of the geography of the surroundings of the National park. The bright object illuminating the landscape is not the sun, but the moon. A long exposure captures the light for a period of time to greatly intensify the brightness of the scene in comparison to the human eye. Smoke wafts in the canyon from a wildfire.
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San Francisco Bay Bridge traffic at dusk with skyline behind traffic and bay
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From a unique viewpoint on Yerba Buena island, the Bay Bridge has two directions of traffic on different levels, and is a gateway into the city. The skyline is silhouetted on the evening light. The daylight is left with the sun and transitions to night, and thousands of cars and vehicles pass through the bridge during this time.
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5 of 5 | Night lightning illuminates approaching
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A single, silhouetted cloud at the left of the frames is absolutely dwarfed in comparison to very active electrical storm. It grows rapidly as it nears the point of view. At lower right, the palm trees are by the side of the road, which lights from cars pass by rapidly.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
11 seconds and 2 frames.