Tag: red rock

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  • Inside Canyonlands, Needle District, midday 1 of 3

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    Middle of the day, mixed clouds (upper level stratus and low cumulus near the red canyon walls).
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    12 seconds.

  • 1 of 2 On Waimeia Canyon, low clouds flow smoothly…

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    …on jungle and volcanic landscape below. So many cliffs, Waimeia Canyon is a park which has a past as a volcano. It is scientifically shown to be the oldest of the islands of Hawaii, and ‘only a few’ million years ago there were many chambers of magma that collapsed into thin lava flows in the west side and thick flows in the east, and constantly erupting basalt continued to build many of the cliffs. As time went on, the rock decomposed enough from frequent rain to create soils for a jungle to grow. The original plant species that seeded today’s ecosystem floated in from storms that were taken from their birth islands over millennia. Here, the clouds that carried this rain are building and meandering, as they so often have throughout all the planet’s more recent time. Interval: 3 seconds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds.

  • Few clouds pass over Canyonlands from Needles Overlook

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    Far in the Canyonlands of Needles Overlook in the distance one sees medium level clouds. SKU/clip number: DAY316
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    10 seconds.

  • Panning as the shadows move quickly over red desert landscape and cliffs

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    Far in the Canyonlands of Needles Overlook in the distance one sees medium level clouds. SKU/clip number: Dsk168
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    6 seconds.

  • Clouds shift on rocky Canyonlands in Needles District with desert landscape

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    A desert scene in Canyonlands National Park, Needles district. Heavy clouds are overhead in this late-afternoon scene, and the shadows go over the foreground. In the background, around four tenths of the way up the frame, are the jagged needle-like formations this district is named after. The area around the needles is hike-able after a road that is relatively inaccessible.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    9 seconds and 3 frames.

  • Very dark thunderstorm rolls into the late afternoon over Canyonlands desert

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    A clip divided by an exposure adjustment. The storm (right)moves into view as the daylight wanes, and the desert landscape with its red clay dims. In the distance three sharply pointed hills have eroded to the point where one tiny peak stands out on each mound, rock piles evenly spread around from crumbling.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    7 seconds and 21 frames.

  • Ascending on unique rock formations of Alabama Hills in California

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    The UAS ascends steadily over a lifeless environment of unique stone formations, with high clouds motionless in the sky. The ground shows no signs of humans, but the sky has a jet contrail pattern. Two hills seen are composed only of very large boulders that cracked into pieces after cooling as magma. The area lives on an active fault zone, and certain hills show where these flows of magma end; in the last 10 million years, these hills have dropped 11000 ft (2750 m) and were once around the height of Mt Whitney. No interval was used with this full motion clip.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    11 seconds and 6 frames.

  • Kauai alternate viewpoint of Waimea Canyon under clouds and some shade

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    Rain and shadows on Waimea Canyon. Waterfalls are visible on the opposite side of the canyon in the background (left). Plants on the right of the frame are blowing in the breeze. On the bottom left, orange stones are brighter under the shade of thinner clouds.
    Time-lapse length (30 fps):
    15 seconds and 2 frames.