…Colorful, peak light, magic clouds looking northwest in Banff. The sunrise over Banff National Park.
Lower clouds and the sharp peaks of the mountains on the left of the frame are first to be very
brightly illuminated.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
8 seconds and 17 frames.
The overlook is illuminated by the sun over the Utah desert. A one-third sky afternoon where
mid-level clouds cut shadows onto the afternoon light. The desert landscape is vast and shadowed, but
the horizon is brightly lit.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
19 seconds and 18 frames.
Ominous, towering, coming towards the point of view. These night clouds, partly shrouded by mid and
high-level clouds, would not seem so intimidating if they are not flashing with cloud-to-cloud
lightning- different from heat or sheet lightening, cloud-to-cloud lightening is full-power energy
release, only it never touches the ground. That’s the main difference in the name of this versus
cloud-to-ground. The city orange lights illuminate stratus and silhouette the growing clouds which
appear to light up from within, naturally strong light pollution from a large city.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
18 seconds and 13 frames.
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.
Green vegetation on a snowy ground ends on the red rock that extends into the canyon, and further
out, vast scree and boulder fields below followed by massive rock steps. Shadows from low clouds,
mostly out of frame, creep along the canyon interior.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
23 seconds and 25 frames.
Mid-level clouds cast shadows of varying darkness on the Grand Canyon. While the North Rim sits at an
angle, it will always annoy those who insist the horizon always be perfectly straight. But what
happens when the Earth’s horizon does not sit perfectly flat? Such is nature!
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
3 seconds and 26 frames.
The North Rim, Grand Canyon viewpoint with layers of geologic time exposed in the afternoon. Shadows
from nearby low clouds shower the cliffs, boulder and scree fields below.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
5 seconds and 2 frames.
Physically panning leftward in Monument Valley, later in the day.
Time-lapse length (30 fps):
6 seconds and 2 frames.